Legal Opinion
Ralph King v. Harvey Sloane, Mayor
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1976No. 75-2327PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Do federal courts have jurisdiction of an action challenging the validity of a municipal tax where the taxpayer has an adequate remedy in the State courts? District Judge Rhodes Bratcher answered this question in the negative and the taxpayer appeals. We affirm.
The voters, of the City of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, overwhelmingly approved a 1974 referendum to fund a Mass Transit Authority. The funding was accomplished by an increase of two-tenths of one per cent in the local occupational license tax. The taxpayer is a citizen of Indiana who is employed in Jefferson County,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Perez v. LedesmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lynch v. Household Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Moher v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 2012
- Brooks v. NanceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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