Legal Opinion
Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 2010No. 09-223PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[560 U.S. 417]
2Opinion of the Court · GinsburgJustice Ginsburg
This case presents the question whether a federal district court may entertain a complaint of allegedly discriminatory state taxation, framed as a request to increase a commercial competitor’s tax burden. Relevant to our inquiry is the Tax Injunction Act (TIA or Act), [1] 28 U.S.C. § 1341, which prohibits lower federal courts from restraining “the assessment, levy or collection of any tax under State law where a plain, speedy and efficient remedy may be had in the courts of such State.” More embracive than the TIA, the comity doctrine applicable in state…
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