A&F Trademark, Inc. v. Tolson

How later courts describe this case

• determining that "where a wholly-owned subsidiary licenses trademarks to a related retail company operating stores located within North Carolina, there exists a substantial nexus with the State sufficient to satisfy the Commerce Clause"
• “The Reeves Court ... require[s] that a plaintiff present both evidence supporting a prima facie case and evidence sufficient to support the factfinder’s disbelief of the defendant’s proffered reason.”
• similar for North Carolina’s corporate franchise and income taxes