CITIES SERVICE CO. v. McNAMARA

No. 12289.

366 So.2d 1013 (1978)

CITIES SERVICE COMPANY v. Shirley McNAMARA et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Allen Kimball, Lake Charles, Graydon D. Luthey, Victor K. Kulp, James W. Robinson, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant Cities Service Co.

David Dawson, Riley F. Boudreaux, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Shirley McNamara, Collector of Revenue, etc.

Before LANDRY, COVINGTON and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff sued to recover 1971 and 1972 Louisiana franchise taxes paid under protest. The primary issues are: can the state include a parent company's equity interest in a subsidiary entered on the parent company's books for the purposes of determining the parent's franchise tax; and can a reversing entry removing an equity interest in a subsidiary have retroactive effect.

The lower court found for the defendant. Plaintiff appealed. We affirm...

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