Updated 3:48 pm, Monday, June 11, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Sue Ogrocki, AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 Blake Sonne, general counsel for Professional Oklahoma Educators, gestures as he speaks to the media outside a Supreme Court hearing room in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 11, 2018. Sonne argued before the court against a referendum petition which seeks to repeal House Bill 1010xx, the funding source bill for several education funding measures, including the recent teacher pay raise bill - House Bill 1023xx. less Blake Sonne, general counsel for Professional Oklahoma Educators, gestures as he speaks to the media outside a Supreme Court hearing room in Oklahoma … [Read more...] about Oklahoma high court mulls challenge to tax for teacher pay
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The Supreme Court is hearing a case on sales tax — and online retailers like Overstock and Wayfair could be on the hook
The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Jonathan Ernst, Thomson Reuters The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday on a decades-old rule requiring retailers to charge for state sales tax. More than 40 states are seeking court to abandon rule, claiming the growth of internet shopping is costing them billions of dollars in lost tax revenue. Large retailers such as Apple, Macy's, Target and Walmart generally collect online sales tax, but other online sellers often sidestep charging customers. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet. The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses' collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under the decades-old Supreme Court rule, if a business is shipping a product to a state where it doesn't have an office, warehouse or other physical presence, it doesn't have to collect … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court is hearing a case on sales tax — and online retailers like Overstock and Wayfair could be on the hook
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ratnavel Pandian Passes Away
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian passed away on Wednesday at Chennai. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 14th December, 1988 to 12th March 1994. In 2006 he was appointed as the Chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes. His son Justice R. Subbiah is a sitting Judge of Madras High Court. As per the Supreme Court of India website,he was born on 13.2.1929 at Thiruppudaimarudhur Village in Tiruneleli School career at Theerthapathi High School, Ambasamudram, He was graduated from Saint Xavier’s College at Palayamkottai. He took Law Degree at Madras Law College in1954. He took his apprenticeship course under Shri K. Narayanswamy Mudaliar who subsequently became the Judge of the High Court of Madras. He was an Advocate for nearly 17 years having lucrative practice both in the trial and the appellate sides. In August 1971, he was appointed as State Public Prosecutor in the High Court of Madras which post he … [Read more...] about Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ratnavel Pandian Passes Away
Explained: Supreme Court’s Judgment On Cauvery
The Supreme Court’s three-judge bench of the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, and Justices A.M.Khanwilkar and Amitava Roy, delivered on Friday, its judgment in the appeals against the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The verdict has been delivered almost 11 years after the date of the award, February 5, 2007. LiveLaw answers questions that readers may have on the verdict.Q: So, is it the end of the inter-state dispute over the sharing of Cauvery water?A: Well, it does mark the end of the litigation in the Apex Court in the main matter of appeals against the Tribunal’s award. If one of the parties doesn’t comply with the directions, it may lead to contempt, and we can see parties knocking the doors of the Supreme Court again.Q: But both the States have reasons to be happy with the verdict, right?A: Yes. Karnataka is happy because the verdict stipulates reduction in the mandatory release of water to Tamil Nadu … [Read more...] about Explained: Supreme Court’s Judgment On Cauvery
US Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pennsylvania gerrymandering case
[JURIST] Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday denied [docket] a request to stay [text, PDF] a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the 2011 congressional map.If granted, the stay would have blocked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling [opinion, PDF] that the Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 violated the state constitution. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ordered the Pennsylvania General Assembly to submit a new redistricting plan by February 9 or the court would create one. Alito did not refer [ABA report] the case to the rest of the Supreme Court. Multiple state officials outside of Pennsylvania had urged [JURIST report] Alito to block the gerrymandering decision. Although he was named as a defendant in the suit, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf [official profile] praised [press release] the decision. "Gerrymandering is wrong and we must correct errors of the past with the existing map. My team is ready, willing and able to work with the General Assembly … [Read more...] about US Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pennsylvania gerrymandering case