Opinion

McDonald's Restaurants of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

  • 393 Mass. 1008
  • 473 N.E.2d 1120
  • 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1315
Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Filed
Feb 4, 1985
Status
Published
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 51.3%

The opinion

Despite McDonald’s argument that its cooking process and assembly of the constituent parts of its hamburger, chicken, and fish sandwiches and other food products is a species of manufacturing, the case is governed entirely by our decision in York Steak House Syss. v. Commissioner of Revenue, ante 424 *1009 (1984), in which we held that the process by which commercial grade cuts of beef become restaurant-quality steaks was not manufacturing.

Maxwell D.Solet (Thomas E. Fremgen of Illinois, with him) for the taxpayer.

Jamie W. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Revenue.

The decision of the board is affirmed.

So ordered.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.