Supreme Court Narrows Review in Catholic Charities Tax Case

The US Supreme Court on Monday amended a recent order, announcing it will review whether Wisconsin violated a religious organization’s First Amendment right by denying a tax exemption. The clarification means the high court won’t examine the burden of proof issue also presented to it for review in the appeal.

Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. and four of its subsidiaries were ordered by a state court to pay into Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance system to cover their employees because they don’t qualify for the state’s religious purposes tax exemption. The justices will scrutinizethe merits of the case, but not whether state ...