CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH v. DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 4-03-0205.

812 N.E.2d 1 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 325

285 Ill.Dec. 412

The CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF TILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS and Glen L. Bower, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided March 30, 2004.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Wolgamot, Steven L. Blakely (argued), Acton & Snyder, Danville, for Calvary Baptist Church of Tilton.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, Karen J. Dimond, Assistant Attorney General (argued), Chicago, for Department of Revenue.


Justice MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the Calvary Baptist Church of Tilton (Calvary), appeals the circuit court's affirmance of a March 2002 decision of the Director of the Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois (Department) denying Calvary's application for a religious-use tax exemption for its property, arguing the property in question is used primarily for religious purposes and that denial of a tax exemption violates the Religious...

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