No. 18A1188

Saban Rent-A-Car, LLC, et al. v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al.

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2019-05-17
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause facially-neutral-tax interstate-commerce out-of-state-discrimination tax-burden-on-nonresidents
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state or local law violates the dormant Commerce Clause if it intentionally discriminates against out-of-state visitors—and the domestic auto-rental companies that serve them—by subjecting them to a surcharge tax on auto rentals that is greater than the surcharge tax imposed on state residents.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state violates the dormant Commerce Clause by enacting a facially neutral tax on automobile rentals that, by design and effect, discriminates against out-of-state visitors by imposing a higher surcharge on short-term rentals typically used by tourists while exempting or reducing the surcharge on long-term and replacement rentals typically used by residents.

Docket Entries

2019-05-17
Application (18A1188) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 25, 2019.
2019-05-15
Application (18A1188) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2019 to July 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Saban Rent-A-Car, LLC, et al.
Joseph Carl CecereCecere, PC, Petitioner