No. 18-612

CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence
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Latest Conference: 2019-06-20 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 18-447 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad diesel fuel

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, as the Eleventh Circuit held, Alabama’s imposition of a motor fuels tax on the fuel used by interstate motor carriers sufficiently justifies Alabama’s imposition of a facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad diesel fuel, notwithstanding decisions of this Court and at least one state supreme court. @)

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-01-14
The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
2018-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-10
Brief amicus curiae of The Association of American Railroads filed.
2018-12-07
Brief of respondents Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2018)

Attorneys

Alabama Department of Revenue, et al.
Steven Troy MarshallOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Steven Troy MarshallOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Carter G. PhillipsSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Carter G. PhillipsSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
The Association of American Railroads
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Amicus
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Amicus
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Amicus
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Amicus