Comptroller of the State of Maryland v. Wynne
United States Supreme Court
135 S. Ct. 1787 (2015)
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Maryland residents paid both a state income tax (creditable for taxes paid to other states) and a separate county income tax (not creditable), while Maryland also taxed nonresidents' Maryland-source income; the Wynnes (plaintiffs), Maryland residents earning income in other states, could not credit their out-of-state taxes against the county tax and sued the Comptroller (defendant), arguing the scheme violated the dormant Commerce Clause. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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Whether a state tax violates the Dormant Commerce Clause if identical application of the tax by every state in the country would burden interstate commerce.