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CITY OF VALDEZ v. POLAR TANKERS, INC.

Nos. S-12218, S-12223.

182 P.3d 614 (2008)

CITY OF VALDEZ, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. POLAR TANKERS, INC., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra J. Fitzgerald and William M. Walker, Walker & Levesque, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Leon T. Vance, Faulkner Banfield, P.C., Juneau, and Susan Orlansky and Eric T. Sanders, Feldman Orlansky & Sanders, Anchorage, for Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The City of Valdez adopted an ad valorem property tax on large vessels docking at private facilities in Valdez, and the city council thereafter adopted an apportionment formula based on days spent in port for taxing large vessels engaged in interstate commerce. Several transporters of oil, including Polar Tankers, Inc., challenged the tax in...

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