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WASHINGTON,
DC -- Nicholas Bush, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association
(NGSA), expressed disappointment today about the Supreme Court's
decision in the case of GM vs. Tracy, Tax Commissioner of Ohio.
"While it is important to recognize
the rights of an individual state over its businesses," Bush
said, "it is difficult to achieve a prosperous national economy
without consistent and fair rules for interstate commerce. This
decision does not further the development of a national, competitive
marketplace for natural gas."
The case, in which NGSA filed an amicus
brief last spring, challenged a lower-court decision permitting
the State of Ohio to impose a tax on non-utility gas marketers.
NGSA contended that the tax violated the "Commerce Clause"
in Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
The Natural Gas Supply Association
represents integrated and independent companies that produce and
market domestic natural gas. Established in 1965, NGSA encourages
expanded use of natural gas and a regulatory climate that fosters
competitive markets.
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