SHELL PIPELINE CORP. v. KENNEDY

No. 2000 CA 0948R.

818 So.2d 903 (2002)

SHELL PIPELINE CORPORATION v. John N. KENNEDY, Secretary of the Department of Revenue and Taxation, State of Louisiana

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse R. Adams, III, New Orleans, for Appellee Plaintiff Shell Pipeline Corporation.

M. Keith Prudhomme, Lake Charles, for Appellant Defendant John N. Kennedy, Secretary of the Department Of Revenue and Taxation, State of Louisiana.

Before: FOIL, PETTIGREW and KLINE, JJ.


FOIL, J.

The only issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly construed the term "oil" for the purpose of a tax assessment. We find no error in the trial court's construction of the term, and affirm.

BACKGROUND

In September of 1995, the Department of Revenue and Taxation (Department) audited Shell Pipeline Corporation's pipeline operations within the state of Louisiana and assessed it with additional taxes of over a million dollars for...

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