July 14, 2022
Missouri doesn't have standing to challenge a federal law prohibiting states from using coronavirus aid to offset tax cuts, the Eighth Circuit affirmed Thursday, holding that the state only alleged hypothetical harms that would result from the prohibition.
February 15, 2022
An Eighth Circuit panel pressed attorneys for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Missouri on Tuesday over whether the state has standing to ask courts to narrow a law prohibiting states from using coronavirus aid to offset tax cuts.
October 18, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has interpreted too broadly a coronavirus relief law barring the use of certain funds to pay for tax cuts, violating both the law and the U.S. Constitution, Missouri told the Eighth Circuit on Monday.
September 17, 2021
The Eighth Circuit should uphold without oral argument a lower court's ruling that Missouri is not injured by a coronavirus relief law barring the use of certain funds to pay for tax cuts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said Friday.
July 22, 2021
A business advocacy organization and 19 states implored the Eighth Circuit on Thursday to reverse a judge's finding that Missouri lacked standing to challenge a federal law barring states from using coronavirus pandemic aid to offset net tax revenue reductions.
July 21, 2021
A federal law preventing states from using pandemic aid to offset net tax revenue reductions is unconstitutionally intrusive, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation told the Eighth Circuit and a federal district court Wednesday, supporting states challenging the law.
July 15, 2021
Missouri asked the Eighth Circuit on Thursday to overturn a lower court's dismissal of its bid to bar the federal government from broadly enforcing a law preventing states from using coronavirus pandemic aid to offset net tax revenue reductions.
July 09, 2021
From Big Tech's efforts to scrap Maryland's novel digital advertising tax to states challenging a federal law curtailing their abilities to cut taxes, the second half of 2021 is sure to offer noteworthy developments in state and local tax litigation. Here, Law360 spotlights key cases to monitor as the rest of the year unfolds.