Legal Opinion

Dot Foods, Inc. v. Department of Revenue

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 2016No. 92398-1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[As amended by order of the Supreme Court April 27, 2016.]

Yu, J.

¶1 We are asked to decide whether retroactive application of the legislature’s amendment to a business and occupation (B&O) tax exemption violates a taxpayer’s rights under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1, collateral estop-pel, or separation of powers principles. Taxpayer Dot Foods Inc. contends that it should remain eligible for a B&O tax exemption pursuant to our decision in Dot Foods, Inc. v. Department of Revenue, 166 Wn.2d 912, 215 P.3d 185 (2009) *245(Dot Foods I), despite an…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Welch v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Haberman v. Washington Public Power Supply SystemWashington Supreme Court · 1988
  5. A. Magnano Co. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by10 opinions

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