DIRECTV, Inc. v. Roberts
Petition for certiorari denied on November 2, 2015
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Issue: Whether the threshold requirement that two businesses be "similarly situated" for Commerce Clause purposes depends on whether they directly compete in the relevant market (which is how three circuits and three state supreme courts analyze the issue), or whether it instead requires a court to attempt to assess whether the businesses are regulated differently, how the businesses operate, and how the state justifies the law (as four circuits and one state supreme court have held).
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 06/23/2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2015) |
| 07/08/2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| 07/13/2015 | Brief of respondent Richard H. Roberts, Tennessee Commissioner of Revenue in opposition filed. |
| 07/21/2015 | Brief amici curiae of Forty -Seven Constitutional Law Professors filed. VIDED. |
| 07/21/2015 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Wine Retailers filed. VIDED. |
| 07/28/2015 | Reply of petitioners DIRECTV, Inc., et al. filed. |
| 07/29/2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| 09/16/2015 | Rescheduled. |
| 10/07/2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015. |
| 11/02/2015 | Petition DENIED. |