sovereign-prerogatives

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21-1258 Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, in His Official Capacity v. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Amici (4) circuit-split jurisdictional-statute public-revenue regulatory-fee revenue-measure sovereign-prerogative sovereign-prerogatives tax-injunction-act uniform-application The question presented is whether, under the TIA, a state revenue measure is a tax if it raises public revenue, notwithstanding a regulatory purpose, …
18-735 Maricopa County, Arizona v. Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Relisted (7) 10th-amendment 42-usc-1983 contempt-powers county-authority-under-state-law federal-courts federalism federalism-limits-on-federal-courts final-policymaker guarantee-clause mcmillian-precedent rizzo-v-goode sovereign-prerogatives tenth-amendment In the Ninth Circuit, the precepts of federalism often count for very little. They are, at most, but minor hurdles to be vaulted over by federal court…