In reversing its 1992 ruling by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court upheld a South Dakota law that required merchants who had more than 200 transactions or more than $100,000 in sales in its jurisdiction to collect a 4.5% sales tax. All nine of the justices actually agreed that the 1992 Quill decision was wrongly decided, but the four dissenters said that the issue should have been addressed by Congress, not the courts. The majority also noted that the Quill decision had “distorted” the economy by giving many online merchants the advantage of not charging consumers some $8-23 billion in ... Log in to view full article.