Legal Opinion
Newsweek, Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1998No. 97-663PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
Effective January 1, 1988, Florida exempted newspapers, but not magazines, from its sales tax. See Fla. Stat. §§ 212.08(7)(w), 212.05(1)(i) (Supp. 1988). In 1990, the Florida Supreme Court found this classification invalid under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. See Department of Revenue v. Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., 565 So. 2d 1304 (1990), vacated and remanded, Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Dept. of Revenue, 499 U. S. 972 (1991), reaff’d, 604 So. 2d 459 (1992). In the wake of this ruling, Newsweek, a magazine, filed a claim for a refund of sales taxes…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business RegulationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Reich v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Judybill Osceola Enrolled Member of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida and All Others Similarly Situated v. Florida Department of RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Dept. of Rev. v. MAGAZINE PUB. OF AMERICASupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- Rendon v. State of Fla.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1996
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Stone Container Corporation, Stone Container International and Stone Container Savannah River Pulp & Paper, Plaintiffs-Cross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
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- Gillette Commercial Operations North America & Subsidiaries v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Court of Appeals · 2015
- Department of Revenue v. NemethSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
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