Case Name: James and Gloria SIMPSON, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF OREGON, Respondent
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1994-04-07
Citations: 318 Or. 579
Docket Number: OTC 3302; SC S40384
Parties: James and Gloria SIMPSON, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF OREGON, Respondent.
Judges: PER CURIAM
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 318
Pages: 579–581

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted March 9,
judgment of the Tax Court affirmed April 7, 1994
James and Gloria SIMPSON, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF OREGON, Respondent.
(OTC 3302; SC S40384)
870 P2d 824
Thomas H. Lowrey, Lake Oswego, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.
Robert M. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the response were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Taxpayers claim that Oregon's taxation of retirement benefits paid by the State of Alaska is unconstitutional, because Oregon exempts its own public retirees' retirement benefits from income tax. Respondent Department of Revenue denied appellants' refund claims for 1985 through 1990. Taxpayers timely appealed to the Oregon Tax Court, which entered a judgment sustaining the department's opinion and order. Appellants appealed to this court. On de novo review, ORS 305.445, we agree with the conclusion of the Tax Court that taxpayers have not advanced any viable legal basis supporting their contentions. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Tax Court.
The judgment of the Tax Court is affirmed.