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LARSON v. VALENTE

No. 80-1666.

456 U.S. 228 (1982)

LARSON, COMMISSIONER OF SECURITIES, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ET AL. v. VALENTE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Salustro, Special Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, pro se, and William P. Marshall, Special Assistant Attorney General.

Barry A. Fisher argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were David Grosz and Robert C. Moest.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a Minnesota statute, imposing certain registration and reporting requirements upon only those religious organizations that solicit more than fifty per cent of their funds from nonmembers, discriminates against such organizations in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.1

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