Supreme Court Says California Cannot Require Filing of Schedule B
Court says requirement violates First Amendment right to freedom of association of donors
After nearly a decade of litigation over whether states may require charities seeking to register to solicit charitable contributions to file a complete copy of their Form 990 tax information return, including an unredacted Schedule B containing the names of significant donors, the 6-3 conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the requirement violates the donors’ First Amendment right of association, a question that is “not even close” according to two of the Justices. In so holding, according to the three dissenting justices, the Court has “discard[ed] its decades-long requirement” that the plaintiffs must plead and prove that disclosure will likely expose them to...
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