October 31, 2024
Sixth Circuit judges seemed skeptical Thursday of the government's $500 million bid to overturn a Tennessee jury's decision that a company's refurbished trucks qualified for a safe harbor from excise taxes, saying the government's reading of a tax provision was unclear.
November 22, 2023
A Tennessee federal judge rejected the U.S. government's request for a new trial in a case where a jury let a truck company off the hook for roughly $400 million in excise taxes, penalties and interest for its refurbished tractors.