Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Zaragoza-Gomez

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Case Number:

16-1370

Court:

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3950 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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  1. July 29, 2016

    Wal-Mart Speculating In Tax Row, Puerto Rico Tells 1st Circ.

    Puerto Rico's government hit back against a Wal-Mart subsidiary's "pessimistic and speculative" First Circuit briefings on a recently enacted law meant to stem the island's debt crisis, contending Thursday that the company's assertions contradict lower court findings in the retailer's suit challenging an island alternative corporate income tax.

  2. June 01, 2016

    Wal-Mart's Tax Suit Shouldn't Have Proceeded, 1st Circ. Told

    The government of Puerto Rico blasted a federal court for preventing it from collecting an alternative corporate income tax from a Wal-Mart subsidiary, telling the First Circuit on Tuesday that the court improperly assumed jurisdiction over the retailer's suit challenging the tax.

  3. May 20, 2016

    Wal-Mart, Puerto Rico Spar Over Bid To Seal Financial Info

    The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Wal-Mart's Puerto Rican subsidiary traded blows in the First Circuit Thursday over the retailer's bid to seal its exhibits in a dispute over an alternative corporate income tax imposed on the company, with Wal-Mart claiming many of the contested exhibits contain sensitive information.

  4. May 18, 2016

    Wal-Mart Blasts 'Unlawful' Puerto Rico Alternative Biz Tax

    Wal-Mart's Puerto Rican subsidiary urged the First Circuit Tuesday to uphold a lower court's ruling barring the commonwealth from collecting an alternative corporate income tax, calling the tax discriminatory and lethal.

  5. May 02, 2016

    Puerto Rico Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Alternative Biz Tax

    Puerto Rico told the First Circuit on Friday that a district court made several errors when barring the commonwealth from collecting an alternative corporate income tax from a Wal-Mart subsidiary, including by accepting jurisdiction for the suit.