Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm’n., Docket No. 24-154

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Wisconsin's application of its unemployment compensation tax exemption statute violated the First Amendment. The Court held that the Wisconsin Supreme Court's interpretation of the statute, which denied an exemption to Catholic Charities because they neither engaged in proselytization nor limited their charitable services to Catholics, constituted denominational discrimination by differentiating between religions based on theological lines. The Court applied strict scrutiny and found that Wisconsin failed to demonstrate that its application of the law was narrowly tailored to further a compelling government interest.

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