Morgan v. City of Grand Rapids

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that private cable providers charged customers “an additional rate” to recoup cable franchise fee paid to city pursuant to agreement
• “In short, when the tax obligation falls primarily on the retailer, ‘retailers are considered to be considered the taxpayers.’ ”
• “In those situations, courts have generally held that the sellers must challenge the illegal taxes directly, and the consumers have no standing to pursue tax relief unless the tax burden potentially interferes with a federal right.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).