JAMES B. BEAM &c. v. STATE OF GA.

46642, 46681.

259 Ga. 363 (1989)

382 S.E.2d 95

JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING COMPANY v. STATE OF GEORGIA et al.; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent, Chorey, Taylor & Feil, John L. Taylor, Jr., Michael A. Cole, Siegel, Moses & Schoenstadt, Morton Siegel, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Verley J. Spivey, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Amelia Waller Baker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.


MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

James B. Beam Distilling Co. (Beam) brought this action seeking a $2,400,000 refund for excise taxes it paid in 1982, 1983 and 1984. The taxes were paid pursuant to OCGA § 3-4-60, which imposed a higher tax on alcoholic beverages imported into the state than on those manufactured in Georgia. The statute was amended in 1985, shortly after the United States Supreme Court found a similar statute to be unconstitutional. See Bacchus Imports...

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