INTERNATIONAL PAPER, INC. v. BRIDGES

No. 2007-C-1151.

972 So.2d 1121 (2008)

INTERNATIONAL PAPER, INC. v. Cynthia BRIDGES, Secretary Department of Revenue, State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oreck, Crighton, Adams & Chase, Jesse R. Adams, III, Andre Brian Burvant, New Orleans, Nicole Crighton, Boulder, CO, for applicant.

Rainer, Anding & McLindon, Robert R. Rainer, Baton Rouge, Robert Frederick Mulhearn, Jr., Emily Winfield Toler, Frank Eugene Bruscato, Jr., Donald Michael Bowman, Antonio Charles Ferachi, for respondent.

Christopher J. Dicharry, Linda Sarradet Akchin, Baton Rouge, for amici curiae, Louisiana Chemical Association, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, and Louisiana Pulp and Peper Association.

Drew Michael Talbot, Robert R. Rainer, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae, Morehouse Sales & Use Tax Commission.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case in order to determine whether the appellate court erred in reversing the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals ("Board"), wherein the Board ordered the, Louisiana Department of Revenue ("DOR") to refund certain sales and use taxes paid by Plaintiff. Plaintiff, a paper manufacturer, formally requested that the DOR refund those sales and use taxes it paid when it purchased chemicals utilized in the manufacture of white...

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