City of San Antonio loses U.S. Supreme Court fight over online travel companies $2.2M legal tab
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday against the city of San Antonio in its fight with online travel companies over court costs. The Supreme Court building is seen under threatening skies following a storm Wednesday.J. Scott Applewhite /Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against the city of San Antonio in its bid to get out of paying more than $2 million in legal costs to online travel booking companies.
In an opinion authored by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, the court affirmed a May 2020 decision of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a lower court ruling directing the city to pay the companies about $2.2 million.
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U.S. Supreme Court hears San Antonio s challenge to $2M court tab owed to online travel companies
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Attorneys for the city of San Antonio went before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday seeking to upend $2.2 million in court costs awarded to online travel booking companies. Those companies had prevailed in a lengthy legal battle over unpaid hotel occupancy taxes. The court is in Washington, D.C.Stefani Reynolds /Bloomberg
The city of San Antonio’s effort to wiggle out of a more than $2 million legal tab owed to online travel booking companies went before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.