No. 18-612
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al.
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
Key Terms:
Arbitration JusticiabilityDoctri
Arbitration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
(distributed 2 times)
Related Cases:
18-447
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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 Marshall — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Steven Troy Marshall — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Carter G. Phillips — Sidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Carter G. Phillips — Sidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
The Association of American Railroads
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Amicus
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Amicus