Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne

Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne
Argued November 12, 2014
Decided May 18, 2015
Full case nameComptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Brian Wynne et ux.
Docket no.13-485
Citations575 U.S. 542 (more)
135 S. Ct. 1787; 191 L. Ed. 2d 813
Case history
Prior431 Md. 147, 64 A.3d 453 (2013); cert. granted, 572 U.S. 1134 (2014).
Holding
Maryland's personal income tax scheme, which consists of a state and county income tax, violated the Commerce Clause because it did not allow a credit against the county income tax for income taxes paid to other states.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityAlito, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor
DissentScalia, joined by Thomas (Parts I and II)
DissentThomas, joined by Scalia (except first paragraph)
DissentGinsburg, joined by Scalia, Kagan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3

Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne, 575 U.S. 542 (2015), is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied the Dormant Commerce Clause doctrine to Maryland's personal income tax scheme and found that the failure to provide a full credit for income taxes paid to other states was unconstitutional.


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