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TEXAS MONTHLY, INC. v. BULLOCK

No. 87-1245.

489 U.S. 1 (1989)

109 S.Ct. 890

103 L.Ed.2d 1

TEXAS MONTHLY, INC. v. BULLOCK, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger James George, Jr., argued the cause for appellant, With him on the briefs were John M. Harmon and Pamel Stanton Baron.

Harriet D. Burke, Assistant Attorney General of Texas argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Jim Mattox, Attorney General, Mary F. Keller, First Assistant Attorney General, and Lou McCreary, Executive Assistant Attorney General.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE MARSHALL and JUSTICE STEVENS join.

Texas exempts from its sales tax "[p]eriodicals that are published or distributed by a religious faith and that consist wholly of writings promulgating the teaching of the faith and books that consist wholly of writings sacred to a religious faith." Tex. Tax Code Ann. § 151.312 (1982). The question presented is whether this exemption...

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