Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
| Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock | |
|---|---|
| Argued November 1, 1988 Decided February 21, 1989 | |
| Full case name | Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, Comptroller of Public Accounts of State of Texas, et al. |
| Citations | 489 U.S. 1 (more) 109 S. Ct. 890; 103 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 662 |
| Holding | |
| A state violates the Establishment Clause and the Free Press Clause by exempting religious publications from paying taxes that all nonreligious publications must pay. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Brennan, joined by Marshall, Stevens |
| Concurrence | White |
| Concurrence | Blackmun, joined by O'Connor |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Texas Monthly v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989), was a case brought before the US Supreme Court in November 1988. The case (initiated by the publishers of Texas Monthly, a well-known general-interest magazine in Texas) was to test the legality of a Texas statute that exempted religious publications from paying state sales tax.
The Court, in a 6–3 decision lacking a majority, overturned an appellate court's decision that the exemption was constitutional and remanded the case.