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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH v. CITY OF SYRACUSE

No. 79-CV-202.

489 F.Supp. 185 (1980)

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SYRACUSE; and First Gospel Church f/k/a Church Wesleyan Methodist, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SYRACUSE; Robert Z. Srogi, As Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation of the City of Syracuse, New York; Board of Assessment for the City of Syracuse, New York; and F. L. Canino, As Commissioner of Finance of the City of Syracuse, New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. New York.

May 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Hughes, Hiscock, Lee, Rogers, Henley & Barclay, Syracuse, N. Y., Lee Boothby, Johns, Carson & Boothby, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

James L. Gelormini, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Syracuse, N. Y., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, District Judge.

The City of Syracuse has levied a special assessment (tax) against several churches owning places of worship within the central business district. After being notified that their property would be subject to a tax sale if the assessments remained unpaid, the churches commenced this action challenging the constitutionality of the city's special assessment provisions and seeking preliminary and permanent...

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