Due to budget shortages and a critical need of funding to fi…

Due to budget shortages and a critical need of funding to fight a war, Congress enacted a $25 tax on each person flying into an airport in the five most popular vacation destinations in the country, as determined by Congress. The tax was implemented, and officials in the five destinations were outraged, fearing that the number of vacationers to the taxed destinations would decrease due to the tax.  If the tax is challenged in federal court by an official with standing, is the most likely result that the tax will be held constitutional?

A car collector bought a car with gold leaf paint from a man…

A car collector bought a car with gold leaf paint from a manufacturer. During the first month, all the gold leaf paint peeled off. The collector sued the manufacturer, and during discovery served an interrogatory asking the manufacturer to identify all other purchasers of the gold leaf paint over the previous 10 years. The manufacturer was aware that only about 25 of the 2 million buyers of its cars have ordered the gold leaf option. The manufacturer has retained copies of all sales forms, but has not maintained separate files of the buyers of each particular option.  In a court using the federal rules, what are the manufacturer’s obligations with respect to the collector’s interrogatory?