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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 1987
Decided: November 10, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1987.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 484 U.S. 9
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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