Correction: Hotel Tax story

Published March 19, 2013 4:56pm ET



SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In a March 13 story about a proposed judgment in a lawsuit brought by Texas communities who say several online travel companies owe them hotel occupancy taxes, The Associated Press erroneously reported that U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered the companies to pay the communities $55 million. The two sides submitted a proposed judgment for that amount, but Garcia isn’t expected to rule on the proposal until April.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Lawyers for 11 online travel companies and more than 170 Texas cities have agreed on a proposed $55 million judgment in a dispute over hotel occupancy taxes.

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