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CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO v. HOTELS.COM, L.P.

Nos. 10-4531, 10-4545.

693 F.3d 642 (2012)

CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; City of Dayton; City of Findlay; City of Northwood; City of Rossford; City of Maumee; Perrysburg Township; Springfield Township; Monclova Township; Lake Township; Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOTELS.COM, L.P.; Expedia, Inc.; Internetwork Publishing Corporation; Orbitz, LLC; Priceline.com, Inc.; Travelocity.com, LP; Travelweb, LLC; Trip Network, Inc.; Hotwire, Inc.; Lowestfare.com, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John T. Murray , Murray & Murray, Sandusky, Ohio, for Appellants. Michael R. Gladman , Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John T. Murray , Murray & Murray, Sandusky, Ohio, Michael P. Foley , Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Michael R. Gladman , Grant W. Garber , Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, James P. Karen , Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, Jeffrey A. Rossman , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Steven R. Smith , Connelly, Jackson & Collier LLP, Toledo, Ohio, Brian S. Stagner , Derek L. Montgomery , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, Texas, Darrel J. Hieber , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California, Karen L. Valihura , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, GILMAN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

This case concerns alleged violations of local occupancy-tax laws by various online travel companies. Plaintiffs — cities, townships, and a county in the state of Ohio — sued various online travel companies, asserting that the online travel companies violated local tax laws by failing to pay a transient-occupancy tax on the difference between a contractually agreed-upon "wholesale" room rate, charged...

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