Nabisco, Inc., and Planters/Lifesavers Company v. John Sharp, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas And John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-98-00399-CV

Nabisco, Inc., and Planters/Lifesavers Company, Appellants

v.

Carole Keeton Rylander, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; and

John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 97-08295, HONORABLE F. SCOTT McCOWN, JUDGE PRESIDING

Appellants Nabisco, Inc., and Planters/Lifesavers Company ("Planters") (1) filed suit after the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (the "Comptroller") refused to refund franchise taxes for which appellants…