United States, Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Public Finance Advisory: Taxpayers And One Amicus File Briefs In Supreme Court Municipal Bond Taxation Case - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - 24/10/2007, Appellate, Taxation, Government & Public Sector, Public Finance, Tax, Income Tax

On September 21, 2007, respondents George W. Davis and Catherine V. Davis filed their brief in Davis v. Kentucky Department of Revenue of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, urging that the U.S. Supreme Court affirm a Kentucky appellate court's early 2006 ruling holding unconstitutional a statute that exempts from Kentucky's income tax interest on municipal bonds issued by Kentucky issuers while taxing interest on municipal bonds issued in other states. The brief on behalf of the Kentucky taxpayers, who paid Kentucky income tax on their out-of-state municipal mutual fund holdings, lists nine different law firms as co-counsel, including Bingham McCutchen as counsel of record and various plaintiffs' class action firms....

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