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DIRECTV, INC. v. TREESH

No. 06-5523.

487 F.3d 471 (2007)

DIRECTV, INC. and Echostar Satellite L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark TREESH, Commissioner for the Department of Revenue for the State of Kentucky, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Pantelis Michalopoulos, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Douglas M. Dowell, Office of Legal Services for Revenue, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Pantelis Michalopoulos, Lincoln L. Davies, Mark F. Horning, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., Kenneth S. Handmaker, Bradley E. Cunningham, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Douglas M. Dowell, Laura M. Ferguson, Office of Legal Services for Revenue, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. Burt A. Braverman, Timothy P. Tobin, Cole, Raywid & Braverman, Washington, D.C., Jackson W. White, Lexington, Kentucky, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; and MERRITT and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Directv, Inc. and Echostar Satellite L.L.C., collectively "the satellite companies," appeal from the district court's dismissal of their claims against Mark Treesh, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue for the state of Kentucky. The satellite companies seek a permanent injunction against certain provisions recently added to Kentucky's revenue statutes that afford cable television operators credits and other relief from...

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