Legal Opinion
Jefferson County v. Acker
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1999No. 98-10PublishedCited by 426 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
delivered the opinion of the Court.†
Jefferson County, Alabama, imposes an occupational tax on persons working within the county who are not otherwise required to pay a license fee under state law. The controversy before us stems from proceedings the county commenced to collect the tax from two federal judges who hold court in the county. Preliminarily, the parties dispute whether, as the federal judges assert, the collection proceedings may be removed to, and adjudicated in, federal court. On the merits, the judges maintain that they are shielded from payment of the tax by the…
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