TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Dec 10, 2014

States that tax diesel fuel differently for railroads and trucks aren’t unfairly favoring one industry over the other, officials from Tennessee and several other states argued before the Supreme Court  yesterday. Tennessee, Alabama and others say they will lose millions in tax revenue if the court sides with the railroads and finds the system discriminatory, the Tennessean reports. “Tennessee’s experience ... demonstrates that the tax burden on railroads cannot be adjusted to the railroads’ satisfaction,” Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper Jr. wrote in court papers.