Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission (605 U.S. 238)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 5, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 605 U.S. 238 · 145 S. Ct. 1583
- Decided
- June 5, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 1 Pages 238–279 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 5, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU, INC., et al. v. WISCONSIN LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION et al. certiorari to the supreme court of wisconsin No. 24–154. Argued March 31, 2025—Decided June 5, 2025 Wisconsin law exempts certain religious organizations from paying unem- ployment compensation taxes. The relevant statute exempts nonproft organizations “operated primarily for religious purposes” and “operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or conven- tion or association of churches.” Wis. Stat. § 108.02(15)(h)(2). Petition- ers, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., and four of its subentities, sought this exemption as organizations controlled by the Roman Catholic Dio- cese of Superior, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Supreme Court denied the exemption, holding that petitioners were not “operated primarily for religious purposes” because they neither engaged in proselytization nor limited their…
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