Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Wright

The plaintiffs, David Wright, David T. Fajardo, and Rudy Earl Williams, filed an action purporting to represent a class. The plaintiffs claimed to have purchased beer, wine, and/or tobacco products from one or more of the defendants, retail sellers of beer, wine, and tobacco products, and claimed that the defendants had charged sales taxes on the total price of these products, including excise taxes that had been incorporated into the price of the products.1 The defendants have remitted all sales taxes collected to the State of Alabama Department of Revenue or to local revenue authorities. On…