Supreme Court to hear dispute over Catholic group, Wisconsin tax exemption  

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a Catholic charitable group’s quest to qualify for Wisconsin’s religious exemption from the state’s unemployment tax system. 

Wisconsin exempts employers “operated primarily for religious purposes” but contests that Catholic Charities Bureau meets the criteria, noting the organization employs non-Catholics, does not attempt to imbue participants with the Catholic faith and its services to the poor could also be provided ...