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GRAND LODGE—FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS v. CONTA

No. 77-508.

84 Wis.2d 701 (1978)

267 N.W.2d 375

GRAND LODGE—FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF WISCONSIN, and others, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTA, Secretary of Revenue, and another, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Lewis A. Stocking, Ralph Adam Fine, and Petrie, Stocking, Meixner & Zeisig, S. C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Fine.

For the respondents the cause was argued by E. Weston Wood, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Brief Amicus Curiae for Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., was filed by Steven H. Steinglass, cooperating attorney, of Madison.

PER CURIAM.

The origins of this case are to be found in a federal court decision, Pitts v. Department of Revenue, 333 F.Supp. 662 (E.D. Wis. 1971). The Pitts case dealt with the constitutionality of sec. 70.11 (4), Stats., which grants property tax exemptions to fraternal societies operating under the lodge system, and sec. 71.01 (3) (a), which grants income tax exemptions to benevolent associations not operated...

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