James Dawson, et ux., Petitioners v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner
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February 21, 2019
Justices Raise Bar On State Tax Discrimination In W.Va. Case
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that West Virginia discriminated in its taxation of federal retiree benefits, experts say states should beware of taxing even minute groups of similarly situated workers differently.
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February 20, 2019
W.Va. Tax Discriminated Against Fed. Retirees, Justices Say
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed with a federal retiree that West Virginia had discriminated against him under the doctrine of intergovernmental tax immunity by taxing his retirement benefits but not those of some similarly situated state employees.
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December 03, 2018
Justices Skeptical Of W.Va. Taxation Of Fed. Retiree Benefits
Some U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Monday of West Virginia's contention that its taxation of a federal marshal's retirement benefits but not similarly situated state retirees' was not discrimination under the doctrine of intergovernmental tax immunity.
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November 30, 2018
Up Next At High Court: AIA, Double Jeopardy
The U.S. Supreme Court will examine patent eligibility under the America Invents Act, a securities enforcement action and a historic double jeopardy case when it returns to the bench Monday for the final week of arguments in 2018.
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November 16, 2018
Ex-Marshal Tells High Court W.Va. Tax Policy Discriminatory
West Virginia has discriminated against retired federal employees by exempting some state law enforcement officers' retirement benefits from taxation but not those of federal retirees with similar duties, violating intergovernmental tax immunity, a retired federal marshal told the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief Friday.
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October 16, 2018
W.Va. Urges High Court To Affirm Retirement Tax Finding
West Virginia did not violate the doctrine of intergovernmental tax immunity in exempting some state law enforcement officers' retirement benefits from taxation but not those of federally employed retirees with similar duties, the state's top law enforcement officers told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.
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October 11, 2018
Supreme Court Will Hear W.Va Retirees' Tax Case Dec. 3
The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it had set oral arguments for Dec. 3 in a case where a West Virginia retiree is challenging the tax treatment of federal law enforcement employees' retirement benefits.
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October 09, 2018
Justices Grant US Argument Time In W.Va. Retirees' Tax Row
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the U.S. Department of Justice's request to argue on behalf of a retired U.S. marshal in an upcoming case centering on West Virginia's taxation of retirement benefits for federal law enforcement employees.
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September 28, 2018
US Asks For Argument Time In W.Va. Retirees' Tax Case
The U.S. has asked to participate in oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case centering on West Virginia's application of the doctrine of intergovernmental tax immunity that denied a tax exemption for a retired U.S. marshal.
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September 04, 2018
Feds Tell Justices W.Va. Misapplied Tax Immunity Doctrine
The federal government filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in support of a retired U.S. marshal denied a tax exemption otherwise available to West Virginia state retirees, saying that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals misapplied the doctrine of intergovernmental tax immunity.