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DENLINGER v. BRENNAN

No. 94-3789.

87 F.3d 214 (1996)

Stanley J. DENLINGER, as Administrator of the Estate of Elmer Denlinger, and E. Benjamin Denlinger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John W. BRENNAN, Religious Order of St. Matthew, and Church of St. Matthew, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Denlinger, Elkhart, IN, pro se.

E. Benjamin Denlinger, South Bend, IN, pro se.

John W. Brennan, Michigan City, IN, pro se.

Religious Order of St. Matthew, Church of St. Matthew, Elmont, NY, pro se.

David E. Vandercoy, Carla Camille Waters, Law Student, Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, IN, amicus curiae on behalf of appellants.

Jerold S. Solovy, David Odom, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, amicus curiae on behalf of appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" (Matthew 22:21) does not figure prominently in the theology of the Church of St. Matthew. Its members are similarly unimpressed by Justice Holmes's observation that "[t]axes are what we pay for civilized society." Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. CIR, 275 U.S. 87, 100, 48 S.Ct. 100, 105, 72 L.Ed. 177 (1927) (dissenting opinion). Perhaps...

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