Direct Marketing Association, Inc. v. Bennett

916 F.2d 1451 DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William M. BENNETT; Conway H. Collis; Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr.; Paul Carpenter; Gray Davis; Cindy Rambo; John Gibbs; Lucian Khan; Shiela J. Gustin, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-15716. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 17, 1990. Decided Oct. 23, 1990. George S. Isaacson and Martin I. Eisenstein, Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, Maine; John A. Mendez, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Steven J. Green, Deputy Atty. Gen. of the State of Cal., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before CHOY, WIGGINS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Direct Marketing Association (DMA) appeals the district court's dismissal of its action against various members of the California State Board of Equalization. The district court held that the Tax Injunction Act barred federal jurisdiction over DMA's action. We reverse. FACTS 2 Plaintiff-appellant DMA is a trade association whose members are engaged in direct mail advertising and marketing of…