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DEER PARK v. HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DIST.

Civil Action No. H-96-3256.

963 F.Supp. 605 (1997)

DEER PARK, Galena Park, and Sheldon Independant School Districts, Plaintiffs, v. HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, Shell Chemical Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Marubeni Tubulars, Inc., Mitsui Tubular Products, Inc., Lyondell-Citgo Refining Co., Ltd., Crown Central Petroleum Corp., Vinson Supply Co., Siderca Corporation, and Marubeni America Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

May 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell R. Graham, Calame Linebarger Graham & Pena, Austin, TX, for plaintiffs.

Kenneth Wall, Olson & Olson, Houston, TX, for Harris County Appraisal District.

Jasper G. Taylor, III, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Shell Chemical Corporation, Shell Oil Company.

Julian C. Green, Jr., Houston, TX, for Marubeni Tubulars Inc.

John S. Brannon, Morris & Campbell, Houston, TX, for Mitsui Tubular Products Inc.

Andrew G. Halpern, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, for Lyondell-Citgo Refining Company Ltd., Crown Central Petroleum Corporation, Siderca Corp.

Cynthia M. Ohlenforst, Hughes and Luce, Dallas, TX, for Vinson Supply Co.

Opinion on Judgment

HUGHES, District Judge.

1. Introduction.

Three school districts located near the port of Houston sued companies in foreign trade zones for property taxes. A federal statute allows companies in the zones an exemption from state and local ad valorem taxes on personal property. The school districts claim that the law unconstitutionally intrudes on their authority as components of the federal system of divided power...

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