MIDCONTINENT BROADCASTING v. REV. DEPT.

No. 15965.

424 N.W.2d 153 (1988)

MIDCONTINENT BROADCASTING CO. and South Dakota Broadcasters Association, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE of South Dakota, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Knudson of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, and Charles P. Schroyer of Schmidt, Schroyer, Colwill & Barnett, Pierre, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Timothy T. Weber, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for defendant and appellee; Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


MILLER, Justice.

Midcontinent Broadcasting and the South Dakota Broadcasters Association (hereinafter referred to collectively as Midcontinent) appeal from a circuit court decision which affirmed a declaratory ruling of the South Dakota Department of Revenue (Department). Generally, the ruling provided that radio and television stations were obligated to pay a use tax on the amount paid for certain syndicated programming. We reverse.

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