PIC-A-STATE PA, INC. v. COM. OF PA.

No. 94-7056.

42 F.3d 175 (1994)

PIC-A-STATE PA, INC.; Zack's Frozen Yogurt; Smitty's Place, Inc.; K & J Stationary, Inc.; James Russell v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Department of Revenue; Eileen H. McNulty Eileen H. McNulty, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Finio (argued), Goldberg, Katzman & Shipman, Harrisburg, PA, for appellees.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Anne K. Fiorenza (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Calvin R. Koons, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Litigation Section, Office of Atty. Gen. of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for appellant.

Deborah T. Poritz, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey (Joseph L. Yannotti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Patricia A. Kern, B. Stephan Finkel, Deputy Attys. Gen., Trenton, NJ, of counsel), for amicus curiae, State of N.J.

Hillary Richard, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C. (Daniel R. Williams, New York City, of counsel), for amicus curiae, C.H.A.N.C.E.

Lee Fisher, Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Jay M. Patterson, Sheryl C. Maxfield, Daniel A. Malkoff, Chester T. Lyman, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen. (Richard A. Cordray, Simon B. Karas, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, OH, of counsel), for amicus curiae, States of Ohio, Ariz., Cal., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Minn., Mo., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.H., N.Y., R.I., S.C., S.D., Utah, Tex., Vt., Va., Wash. D.C., W.Va. and Wisc.

Before: STAPLETON, LEWIS and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Eileen McNulty, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, appeals from the district court's declaration that section 9(c) and 9.1 of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Act 8 of 1993 ("Act 8") is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause and the order permanently enjoining its enforcement. We must decide whether Act 8 imposes an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce in violation of the dormant Commerce...

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