Case Categories: Religious Colleges and Universities

• Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)

  Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) held that the IRS may deny tax-exempt status to institutions that violate racial policy, even if the violations are...

• Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

  In Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819), the Supreme Court ruled that New Hampshire had violated the contract clause and signaled church-state disestablishment...

• Hunt v. McNair (1973)

  In Hunt v. McNair (1973), the Court said allowing religious colleges to use state bonds to finance non-religious buildings did not violate the First Amendment...

• Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland (1976)

  Roemer v. Bd. of Public Works of Maryland (1976) said a program that gave grants to private colleges, including religious universities, did not violate the...

• Tilton v. Richardson (1971)

  Tilton v. Richardson (1971) found an act permitting federal aid for secular buildings at religious universities did not violate the religious clauses of the...