Alaska shipping tax ruling [US SC]

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Alaska shipping tax ruling [US SC]

June 15, 2009 04:04:00 pm

Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, US Supreme Court, June 15, 2009 [holding that a municipal tax that falls exclusively on large vessels in the city's harbor violates the Tonnage Clause of the US Constitution]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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