Kathleen M. Winn et al.
Respondents
Paul Bender, Counsel of Record In 1997, Arizona residents Kathleen M. Winn, Diane Wolfthal, Maurice Wolfthal, and Lynn Hoffman filed suit against Arizona in State court, challenging the constitutionality of the State Scholarship Tax Credit Program, Arizona Revised Statute Section 43-1089(A). They argued that the scholarship program, which authorizes individuals to claim a State tax credit of up to $500 (or $1,000 for married couples filing jointly) for donations to qualified school tuition organizations (STOs), was an unconstitutional State endorsement of religion because it used tax dollars to support religious education. After the law was upheld by the Arizona Supreme…
