National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n

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• holding that state courts cannot award declaratory or injunctive relief under § 1983 if the taxpayer has an adequate remedy under state law
• holding that “[w]hen a litigant seeks declaratory or injunctive relief against a state tax pursuant to § 1983 ... state courts, like their federal counterparts, must refrain from granting federal relief under § 1983 when there is an adequate legal remedy”
• holding “that § 1983 does not call for either federal or state courts to award injunctive and declaratory relief in state tax cases when an adequate legal remedy exists”
• holding “that § 1983 does not call for either federal or state courts to award injunctive and declaratory relief in state tax cases when an adequate legal remedy exists”
• discussing principles of comity in taxation and the “federal reluctance to interfere with state taxation” given the “strong background presumption against interference”
• extending Fair Assessment to hold that plaintiffs cannot seek declaratory or injunctive relief against state taxes in state courts under § 1983 where state law provides an adequate legal remedy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).