In yet another victory for online travel sites in nationwide litigation over hotel taxes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled online travel companies such as Hotels.com, Orbitz and Travelocity.com don’t have to pay local occupancy taxes to cities, townships and counties in Ohio.
Circuit Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr., writing for a three-judge panel, affirmed a series of rulings by U.S. District Judge David Katz in Toledo, who threw out the Ohio suit on summary judgment in November 2010.
