MARX v. BROOM

Nos. 91-CC-00476, 91-CC-00474, 91-CC-00475 and 91-CC-00422.

632 So.2d 1315 (1994)

Charles A. MARX, Ph.D., Chairman, Mississippi State Tax Commission and Commissioner of Revenue, and the State of Mississippi v. Gordon BROOM and Moncile Broom; George H. Homich; Thomas G. Abernethy and Estate of Alice L. Abernethy and Thomas G. Abernethy, Executor; David Randal Burns, Executor of the Estate of Erit L. Burns; Hosea M. Ray and Merle B. Ray. C.A. Marx, Ph.D., Chairman, Mississippi State Tax Commission and Commissioner of Revenue, State of Mississippi and the State of Mississippi v. John E. and Iris MONTGOMERY, James A. and Virginia Ables, and James N. and Sue H. Airhart, John D. and Frankine B. Albritton, Charles A. and Beverly L. Angel, William L. and Ruby Appleby, Samuel E. and Darline J. Baker, Charles H. and Gloria C. Bassett, Harry E. and Charlotte S. Bennett, Jr., Warren K. and Mary F. Berner, Carl and Ellen H. Berry, Clair F. and Gladys C. Berry, Clarence B. and Alma E. Blocker, Henry W. and Rosamond N. Boardman, Galen D. Bonebreak, Emmett B. and Martha L. Bonewitz, Robert N. and Mabelle S. Bowers, Margaret E. Brand, Edward M. and Gladys S. Brennan, George L. and Nancy B. Brewer, Stanley M. and Ruth A. Brewer, James H. and Deirdre N. Bridewell, Francis O. and Alma T. Brown, Jerrold C. and Julia A. Brown, Robert C. and Shirley A. Brown, Robert W. and Vera E. Brown, William E. and Olive N. Bryan, Jr., Cornelius E. and Lucille E. Buckley, Ralph T. and Vera E. Bunten, Jr., Frank W. and Myrtle S. Burgess, Jr., Claude L. and Nikki L. Byrd, et al. C.A. MARX, Ph.D., Chairman, Mississippi State Tax Commission and the State of Mississippi v. Arthur WINSTEAD, Thomas B. Abernathy, Arthur F. Adams, Roderick Adams, Jackson H. Ables, Jr., Charles C. Ainsworth and 494 other Appellees. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION v. John Thomas TODD and Philips T. Cooley.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Stribling, Bobby R. Long, MS State Tax Com'n, Jackson, for appellant.

Samuel L. Begley, John L. Maxey, II, Maxey Pigott Wann & Begley, Jackson, John Sharbrough, Ezell & Sharbrough, Mobile, AL, Mark Ezell, Ezell & Sharbrough, Butler, AL, J. Doyle Fuller, Montgomery, AL, for appellees John Todd and Philips Cooley.

James B. Persons, Hopkins Dodson Wyatt & Crawley, Gulfport, for appellees John and Iris Montgomery et al.

J. Brad Pigott, Maxey Pigott Wann & Begley, Jackson, Michael Kator, Washington, DC, for appellees Arthur Winstead et al.

Harris H. Barnes, III, Dossett Goode Barnes & Broom, Jackson, for appellees Gordon Broom et al.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

The Mississippi State Tax Commission appeals from the decision of the Chancery Court of Hinds County, which found that state residents who were also federal retirees were entitled to a refund of state income taxes paid under the state's unconstitutional tax scheme which taxed federal retirees while exempting the state's own retired employees.

These cases, consolidated for consideration, have their origins in Davis v. Michigan...

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