Legal Opinion · Dissent

Donovan Construction Co. v. Department of Treasury

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided May 18, 1983No. Docket 61213Published

1DissentAllen, P.J.

I believe that this cause should be remanded to the circuit court for a determination of whether the Commissioner of Revenue properly exercised the discretion given him under § 335 to disallow the amended combined returns. In all other respects I agree with the majority opinion. The majority decline to remand on grounds that at the trial court the department admitted the Donovan Construction Group was a unitary business and was entitled and required to file its tax returns on a combined basis.

I believe the majority read too much into the Attorney General’s admission on the motion for summary…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. ASARCO Inc. v. Idaho State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. FW Woolworth Co. v. Taxation and Revenue Dept. of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Thompson v. EnzMichigan Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Morris v. RadleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Clarke-Gravely Corp. v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Supreme Court · 1982

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