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COMMISSIONER v. "AMERICANS UNITED" INC.

No. 72-1371.

416 U.S. 752 (1974)

94 S.Ct. 2053

40 L.Ed.2d 518

ALEXANDER, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. "AMERICANS UNITED" INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Crampton argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Bork, Richard B. Stone, Stuart A. Smith, Ernest J. Brown, Grant W. Wiprud, and Leonard J. Henzke, Jr.

Alan B. Morrison and Franklin C. Salisbury argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent is a nonprofit, educational corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia as "Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State." Its purpose is to defend and maintain religious liberty in the United States by the dissemination of knowledge concerning the constitutional principle of the separation of church and State...

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