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FRANCHISE TAX BD. OF CAL. v. HYATT

No. 02-42.

538 U.S. 488 (2003)

FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA v. HYATT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix E. Leatherwood, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor, David S. Chaney, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and William Dean Freeman, Lead Supervising Deputy Attorney General.

H. Bartow Farr III argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Peter C. Bernhard and Donald J. Kula.*

O'CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to resolve whether the Nevada Supreme Court's refusal to extend full faith and credit to California's statute immunizing its tax collection agency from suit violates Article IV, § 1, of the Constitution. We conclude it does not, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the Nevada Supreme Court.

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Respondent Gilbert P. Hyatt (hereinafter respondent) filed a "part-year"...

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