NORTHWEST AIRLINES v. BD. OF EQUALIZATION


861 S.W.2d 232 (1993)

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.; Federal Express Corporation; American Airlines, Inc.; and Delta Airlines, Inc., Petitioners, v. TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. McBride, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Washington, DC, Stephen D. Goodwin, Janis M. Wild, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, for petitioners.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Jimmy G. Creecy, Chief Sp. Counsel, Daryl J. Brand, Sr. Counsel, Tax Div., Nashville, for respondent.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has certified the following questions to this Court:

1. Does Tennessee provide any forum to the air carriers other than a hearing before the State Board of Equalization, provided by Tennessee Code Annotated § 67-5-1328, with review of its decision by a petition to review to the Middle Division...

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