Walz v. Tax Commission

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York 397 U.S. 664 (1970) 397 U.S. 664 (1970) was a case before the United States Supreme Court.New York law granted property tax exemptions to religious organizations for religious properties used solely for religious worship.The plaintiff, an owner of real property, brought suit in the New York Supreme Court, Special Term, seeking to enjoin the New York City Tax Commission from granting these exemptions. The plaintiff contended that the exemptions indirectly required him to make a contribution to religious bodies and thereby violated the religion clauses of the First Amendment.