David Parkhurst ; and Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., and Robert J. Krummen , urging affirmance for amicus curiae National Governors Association.
Roy Cooper , North Carolina Attorney General, Christopher G. Browning Jr. , Solicitor General, Gary R. Govert , Special Deputy Attorney General, and Michael D. Youth , Assistant Attorney General; Mark L. Shurtleff , Utah Attorney General, and Annina M. Mitchell , Solicitor General, urging affirmance for amici curiae states of North Carolina, Utah, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Hinman & Carmichael, L.L.P., and John A. Hinman , urging reversal for amicus curiae Specialty Wine Retailers Association.
Mark C. Ellison , urging reversal for amicus curiae National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative.
Chester, Willcox & Saxbe, L.L.P., Gerhardt A. Gosnell II , and Donald C. Brey , urging reversal for amicus curiae Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, ACE Satellite, Buckeye Dish Installation, Inc., Cable Alternatives, Primeview Satellite, Kidwell Satellite, Richland County Satellite, Premiere Satellite & Electronics, Inc., Wells Family Equipment, Thobe TV, Felix Electronics, Vince's TV & Appliance, Digi-Tech Satellite, Dudley Satellites, George's Electronics, Inc., and Progressive Satellite.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} DIRECTV, Inc., and EchoStar Satellite, L.L.C. ("the satellite companies") appeal from a decision of the Tenth District Court of Appeals and ask us to consider whether the imposition of a sales tax on the retail sale of satellite broadcasting services without also imposing the same tax on cable broadcasting services violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution...
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