BOEING v. DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

No. 50820-8.

103 Wn.2d 581 (1985)

693 P.2d 104

THE BOEING COMPANY, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Barbara Phillips, Assistant, for appellant.

Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, by John H. Binns, Jr., for respondent.


DORE, J.

We hold that The Boeing Company is exempt from aircraft fuel excise taxation when it (1) supplies fuel with the aircraft it sells to air carriers certified under federal law, and (2) uses fuel in its chase planes.

FACTS

Boeing manufactures and sells aircraft to commercial air carriers and other customers. As part of its business, Boeing purchases jet aircraft fuel and, in connection with the delivery...

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