The Supreme Court of Idaho has held that a 96-bed skilled nursing facility operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in Boise is not a “charitable organization” eligible for real estate tax exemption.  It has reversed a district court finding that the property was exempt.

Church of God Tabernacle, Inc., Church of God, True Holiness of Miami, Inc., Nationwide Holiness Church of Brotherly Love, Inc., Operation Keep Cool, Inc., Silver Stone Singing Convention, Inc., Star of Dave’s Temple, Inc., and Young Land USA, Inc., were all corporations incorporated by Rev. John Wilson to hold church-related property before his death. 

A release and waiver of claims for injury signed by student athletes has been held ineffective against claims by two student athletes hurt during football practice at a nonprofit junior college in Pennsylvania.  An appellate court has reversed a trial court decision dismissing the claims on the basis of their waiver.

Newton Gregorio and his wife Lynette co-founded the Capital Inner City Outreach Ministry in Washington, D.C. in 1995 and later incorporated the organization as the Capital Wesleyan Church.  The church affiliated itself with the national Wesleyan Church and its mid-Atlantic regional subsidiary, the Chesapeake District of the Wesleyan Church, while retaining its independence as an entity.

A Head Start program in New York City has lost a motion for summary judgment to dismiss a whistleblower retaliation suit brought by the former executive director under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the economic stimulus act passed at the start of the Obama administration.  A federal District Court has ruled that there are material issues of fact concerning the case.

A private foundation in Texas may not sue the University of Alabama in a Texas court for breach of contract for a scholarship program being operated in Alabama, an appellate court in Texas has held.  It has reversed a trial court decision allowing the case to proceed.

A nonprofit religious organization, which claimed “church” status during an Internal Revenue Service inquiry about possible excess benefit transactions, is unable to stop IRS subpoenas for financial records held by eight banks.  A federal District Court in South Carolina has rejected the group’s efforts to prevent the banks from providing the information.