COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH v. LOWE


698 S.W.2d 339 (1985)

COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH, Appellant, v. Tommy LOWE, Knox County Clerk, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic S. LeClercq, Knoxville, for appellant.

Geoffrey P. Emery, Deputy Law Director, Knox County Law Director, Knoxville, for appellee.


OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

The issue for review is whether a privilege tax on the occupancy of hotel and motel rooms violates the free exercise or establishment clauses of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, or the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, when applied to a church which rents motel rooms solely for religious worship and instruction. We find no constitutional infirmity, and we affirm the decision of...

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