City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.Com, L.P. et al
Case Number:
5:06-cv-00381
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Constitutional - State Statute
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Baron & Budd
- Davis Cedillo
- Denton Navarro
- Dykema
- Ford Murray PLLC
- Holland & Knight
- Jones Day
- Kelly Hart
- Law Office of Alan B. Rich
- McKool Smith
- Morgan Lewis
- Morrison Foerster
- Reid Collins
- Skadden Arps
Companies
- Expedia Group Inc.
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- La Quinta Holdings Inc.
- Marriott International Inc.
- Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
- Travelocity.com LP
Sectors & Industries:
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April 18, 2017
Texas Cities Deserve $25M In Fees For Hotel Tax Win: Judge
Online travel companies including Expedia Inc. and Hotels.com that were slapped with an $84 million judgment for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes in various Texas cities should now pay an additional $25 million to attorneys representing the cities, a magistrate judge recommended Monday.
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October 24, 2016
Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don't Owe Texas Cities Info
A group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information from their lawyers in a $43 million fee fight Friday, saying they have no bearing on the struggle over whether the fee request is "reasonable."
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July 26, 2016
Texas Cities Seek $43M In Attys' Fees From Travel Sites
Counsel for a class of Texas municipalities on Monday asked for an award of about $43 million in attorneys' fees in a suit alleging online travel companies failed to pay the full amount of hotel occupancy taxes owed to the cities, calling the fees "reasonable" for the yearslong suit.
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May 12, 2016
Texas Cities Look To Boost $84M Win Against Travel Sites
A class of Texas municipalities led by San Antonio told a federal court Thursday it's appealing the calculation of penalties and interest awarded in an $84 million judgment against Hotels.com and several other online travel companies for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes.
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May 06, 2016
Travel Companies Appeal $84M Tax Case To 5th Circ.
Expedia Inc. and several other online travel companies on Friday appealed to the Fifth Circuit a judgment from a Texas federal court in a class action saying numerous towns in the state can collect $84 million in taxes, penalties and interest from the companies for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes.
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February 21, 2014
Expedia, Travel Cos. Can't Get New Trial In $55M Tax Case
A Texas federal judge on Thursday refused to grant a new trial in a class action that awarded $55 million to Texas cities alleging Expedia Inc. and several other online travel companies underpaid hotel occupancy taxes, saying there weren't any grave errors in the trial.
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May 03, 2013
Expedia Seeks Retrial After $55M Hotel Tax Judgment
Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP and nine others told a Texas federal judge Thursday that a $55 million class action judgment for underpaid hotel occupancy taxes was based on faulty evidence and an incorrect interpretation of the law, and asked for a new trial.
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April 05, 2013
Travel Cos. Ordered To Pay $55M In Texas Hotel Tax Case
A Texas federal judge on Thursday ordered Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP, Hotwire Inc. and other online travel companies to pay more than $55 million to 173 Texas cities in a class action to recover allegedly underpaid hotel occupancy taxes.
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March 13, 2013
Travel Cos. Could Owe $55M In Hotel Taxes Class Action
The city of San Antonio on Tuesday asked a Texas federal judge to enter a $55 million judgment in a class action against online travel companies Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP, Hotwire Inc. and others found to have underpaid hotel occupancy taxes to 173 cities.