D.N.J. No. 25-cv-01459Confirmed
Federal judge dismisses Jehovah's Witnesses suit over a 1999 New Jersey tax deal — without ruling on the tax
A federal judge dismissed the congregation's bid to escape a 1999 payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal on its Turnersville Assembly Hall, ruling only that a federal court is the wrong forum — she decided nothing about whether the hall is tax-exempt. CCJW appealed; the Third Circuit docketed the case on 11 May 2026, the most current docket JW Files could obtain.