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
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
(distributed 2 times)
Related Cases:
18-447
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
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.
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
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
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Carter G. Phillips — Sidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
The Association of American Railroads
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Amicus