TEXACO, INC. v. GROPPO

(13899)

215 Conn. 134 (1990)

TEXACO, INC. v. JOHN G. GROPPO, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE SERVICES

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Carberry, with whom were William H. Narwold and Gordon S. Gilman, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Paul M. Scimonelli, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Clarine Nardi Riddle, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

Charles H. Lenore, Kenneth E. Werner and Donald M. Griswold filed a brief for the Connecticut Business, and Industry Association as amicus curiae.

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The sole issue in this tax appeal is the applicability of the gross earnings tax imposed by General Statutes § 12-5871 to sales in Connecticut of petroleum products that were marketed and distributed in states other than Connecticut. The department of revenue services included sales to out-of-state purchasers in its assessment of the gross earnings taxes owed by the plaintiff...

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