POPE & TALBOT v. REVENUE

No. 45027.

90 Wn.2d 191 (1978)

580 P.2d 262

POPE & TALBOT, INC., Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and L.E. Dreisbach, Assistant, for appellant.

Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, by Dennis Kenny, for respondent.


HICKS, J.

This is a direct appeal by the State of Washington, Department of Revenue, from the trial court's ruling that the levy of tax on the use of respondent's airplane in this state was not permitted by either the applicable state statute (RCW 82.12) or the United States Constitution. We affirm.

Respondent, Pope & Talbot, Inc., a foreign corporation with head offices in Portland, Oregon, owns several facilities in Washington, including a sawmill, a...

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