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SCOTUS trivia

SCOTUS heard arguments in 69 cases during its October 2017 term. One case sought to challenge earlier U.S. Supreme Court rulings prohibiting states from imposing sales taxes on merchants who sold products in the state but did not have any physical presence in the state.

Name that case!

(a) South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
(b) Washington v. United States
(c) Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
(d) Ohio v. American Express

The correct answer: (a) South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. South Dakota passed a sales tax on internet merchants and then requested a declaratory judgment from a state court that internet merchants must comply with the tax. Citing U.S. Supreme Court caselaw, the lower court concluded and the state supreme court affirmed the sales tax was unconstitutional. South Dakota then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 5 - 4 decision, the Supreme Court vacated the South Dakota Supreme Court ruling. Click here for more information about South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.