MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue
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2008 United States Supreme Court case
MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue, 553 U.S. 16 (2008), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the extent a state may tax companies that are not based in their state.
Background
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Mead , a corporation based out of Ohio , owned Lexis-Nexis , which was based out of Illinois . Mead sold Lexis, and Illinois maintained that Mead must pay them a proportionate capital-gains tax . Illinois asserted that Mead and Lexis were integrated to the extent required for the "unitary business rule". This rule allowed states to tax a proportionate share of the value generated by an interstate corporation.
Opinion of the Court
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In a unanimous opinion written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito , the Supreme Court held that the two businesses were not integrated enough to be considered a "unitary business" and Illinois was not allowed to tax Mead on the Lexis sale.
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- ↑ MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue, 553 U.S. 16, 19 (2008).
- ↑ MeadWestvaco Corp., 553 U.S. at 19-20.
- ↑ MeadWestvaco Corp., 553 U.S. at 20.
- ↑ MeadWesMeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenuetvaco Corp., 553 U.S. at 20, 23 (citing Ill. Comp. Stat., ch. 35, § 5/303(a) (West 1994)).
- ↑ MeadWestvaco Corp., 553 U.S. at 20-21.
- ↑ MeadWestvaco Corp., 553 U.S. at 30-32.
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- Text of MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue, 553 U.S. 16 (2008) is available from: Google Scholar Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived)
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