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Argued October 12, 1982.
Decided May 24, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William G. McNairy argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-1. With him on the briefs were Claude C. Pierce, Edward C. Winslow, and John H. Small. William Bentley Ball argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-3. With him on the briefs were Philip J. Murren and Richard E. Connell.
Assistant Attorney General Reynolds argued the cause for the United States in both cases. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Wallace and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Cooper.
William T. Coleman, Jr., pro se, by invitation of the Court, 456 U.S. 922, argued the cause as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Richard C. Warmer, Donald T. Bliss, John W. Stamper, Ira M. Feinberg, and Eric Schnapper.†
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed by Nadine Strossen, E. Richard Larson, and Samuel Rabinove for the American Civil Liberties Union et al.; by Harold P. Weinberger, Lawrence S. Robbins, Justin J. Finger, Jeffrey P. Sinensky, and David M. Raim for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; by John H. Pickering, William T. Lake, and Adam Yarmolinsky for Independent Sector; by Amy Young-Anawaty, David Carliner, Burt Neuborne, and Harry A. Inman for the International Human Rights Law Group; by Robert H. Kapp, Walter A. Smith, Jr., Joseph M. Hassett, David S. Tatel, Richard C. Dinkelspiel, William L. Robinson, Norman J. Chachkin, and Frank R. Parker for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; by Thomas I. Atkins, J. Harold Flannery, and Robert D. Goldstein for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.; by Leon Silverman, Linda R. Blumkin, Ann F. Thomas, Marla G. Simpson, and Jack Greenberg for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; by Harry K. Mansfield for the National Association of Independent Schools; by Charles E. Daye for the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers; by Earle K. Moore for the United Church of Christ; and by Lawrence E. Lewy, pro se.
Briefs of amici curiae in both cases were filed by Martin B. Cowan and Dennis Rapps for the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs; and by Laurence H. Tribe, pro se, and Bernard Wolfman, pro se.
Supreme Court of United States.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to decide whether petitioners, nonprofit private schools that prescribe and enforce racially discriminatory admissions standards on the basis of religious doctrine, qualify as tax-exempt organizations under § 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
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A
Until 1970, the Internal Revenue Service granted tax...
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