D.N.J. No. 25-cv-01459Confirmed
UPDATE: Jehovah's Witnesses drop their appeal in a 1999 New Jersey tax-deal fight, leaving the federal dismissal to stand
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. The congregation appealed, then dropped the appeal on 21 July 2026, the day its opening brief was due, leaving that dismissal to stand.