Cruise Lines International Association, Inc.; et al v. Suganuma; et al
Case Number:
1:25-cv-00367
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Constitutional - State Statute
Judge:
Firms
Government Agencies
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November 26, 2025
State & Local Tax Takeaways From November
From a win for A&E Television Networks over New York City's unincorporated business tax to Colorado voters' approval of ballot measures to raise income taxes on high earners, November was a lively month for state and local tax. Here, Law360 looks at these and other state and local tax highlights from the past month.
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November 24, 2025
Toss Of Transient Tax Case Shouldn't Be Stayed, Hawaii Says
Hawaii's motion in federal court to dismiss a complaint over the expansion of the state's transient occupancy tax to cruise ship passengers has progressed too far for the court to grant a stay of the motion, the state said in a filing.
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November 18, 2025
US Asks To Join Cruise Industry's Challenge To Hawaii Tax
The federal government should be allowed to join a cruise industry trade group's case against the state of Hawaii and several counties over the extension of a transient occupancy tax to cruise passengers, the U.S. Department of Justice told a Hawaii federal court.
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October 07, 2025
Cruise Cos. Say Tax Injunction Act Doesn't Bar Hawaii Suit
A group of cruise companies should be allowed to proceed with their complaint against the state of Hawaii for an extension of a transient occupancy tax to cruise passengers, the companies told a federal district court, saying the Tax Injunction Act doesn't bar the complaint.
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August 28, 2025
Hawaii Transient Tax Is Unconstitutional, Cruise Cos. Say
The extension of Hawaii's 11% transient accommodation tax to cruise ship passengers under a new law violates the U.S. Constitution, a group of cruise companies told a U.S. district court.