KOPSOMBUT-MYINT BUDDHIST CTR. v. S.B.E.


728 S.W.2d 327 (1986)

KOPSOMBUT-MYINT BUDDHIST CENTER, a Joint Venture and the Buddhist Temple, a not-for-profit Tennessee Corporation, Petitioners/Appellants, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION for the State of Tennessee and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Respondents/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Johnston, Nashville, for petitioners/appellants.

W.J. Michael Cody, William P. Sizer, Nashville, for respondents/appellees.

Nashville Association of Rabbis, Priests and Ministers, Mary V. Anderson, Nashville, amicus curiae.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 6, 1987.

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal stems from the efforts of a group of Asian immigrants to obtain a property tax exemption for their newly organized Buddhist temple and ecumenical center for Buddhist studies. The Davidson County tax assessor denied an exemption for 1982 and granted only a partial exemption for 1983. The property owners appealed those decisions to the Assessment Appeals Commission...

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