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· 10/16/2023

Granite Construction Co. v. CalOSHA

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  • holding that a tax on ticket sales made within the state for travel originating from that state did not violate the internal consistency test
  • holding that a sales tax on a bus ticket sold within the state did not violate the dormant Commerce Clause; the tax's identical application by all states would not result in a disadvantage to interstate commerce because each sale would result in one tax
  • noting that the U.S. Supreme Court asks “whether the tax is ‘internally consistent’ and, if so, whether it is ‘externally consistent’ as well.”
  • holding that a sales tax on a bus ticket sold within the state did not violate the dormant Commerce Clause; the tax’s identical application by all states would not result in a disadvantage to interstate commerce because each sale would result in one tax
  • explaining that this inverse effect is known as the “dormant Commerce Clause”
  • explaining that this inverse effect is known as the “dormant Commerce Clause”

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