Legal Cases
The Universal Life Church has been around for more than 50 years. During its existence, it has been subject to much litigation. Some of these have ruled in favor of the Church and some ruled against the church.
We have done extensive legal research to find all of these universal life church cases. As a special reference for you. Find below our compiled list, if you know any other legal cases please let us know.
Court cases in the United States
Federal Cases:
- Universal Life Church v The United States of America (PDF
- Universal Life v USA Another ULC vs IRS (PDF)
- The United States of America vs Universal Life Church (PDF)
State Cases:
- Blackwell v Magee (PDF)
- North Carolina Lynch v. Universal Life Church (PDF)
- Fulton v. Vickery (PDF)
- State of North Carolina v. Lynch (PDF)
- Ranieri v Ranieri (PDF)
- Ravenal v Ravenal (PDF)
- Rubino v City of New York (PDF)
- Universal Life Church vs. the State of Utah (PDF)
- Virginia Cramer v Commonwealth of Virginia (PDF)
- Kentucky Office of the Attorney General Opinion (PDF)
- Tenn. Attorney General Opinion (PDF)
- Tenn. Attorney General Opinion (PDF)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion on ULC ministers and exemptions from the Psychologists Licensing Act (PDF)
- South Carolina Office of the Attorney General Opinion 11 Jan 1971 (PDF)
- South Carolina Office of the Attorney General Opinion 29 Mar 1973 (PDF)