LANCO, INC. v. DIR. DIVISION OF TAXATION

A-89 September Term 2005

908 A.2d 176 (2006)

LANCO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Frankel argued the cause for appellant (McCarter & English, attorneys; Mr. Frankel, and Michael A. Guariglia, of counsel and on the brief).

Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General argued the cause for respondent (Anne Milgram, Acting Attorney General).

Francis X. Manning submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The Investment Company Institute (Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, attorneys).

Sheldon H. Laskin submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of amicus curiae Multistate Tax Commission.

JUSTICES LONG, ZAZZALI, LaVECCHIA, ALBIN, WALLACE and RIVERA-SOTO join in this PER CURIAM opinion. CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ did not participate.


PER CURIAM

This appeal involves the issue of whether New Jersey may constitutionally subject a foreign corporation to the Corporation Business Tax, N.J.S.A. 54:10A-1 to -41, when the corporation lacks physical presence in New Jersey but derives income through a licensing agreement with a company conducting retail operations in New Jersey. The Appellate Division answered that question affirmatively. Lanco, Inc. v. Director, Div. of...

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