High Court Tax Refund Ruling Indicates State Law Authority

On Feb. 25, The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a case involving a dispute between the trustee in bankruptcy of a defunct bank holding company, and  the FDIC, as receiver for the bank holding company's failed bank subsidiary, over the ownership of a federal income tax refund that was payable by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to the bank holding company as the parent of a consolidated tax filing group.