Sonoco Products Co. v. Michigan Department of Treasury
Petition for certiorari denied on May 22, 2017
Issue: (1) Whether the Multistate Tax Compact has the status of a contract that binds its signatory states and requires them to allow taxpayers to elect to use the compact's equally weighted apportionment formula until the state prospectively withdraws from the compact; (2) whether Michigan's retroactive repeal of, and withdrawal from, the compact violated the contracts clause; (3) whether Michigan's retroactive repeal of, and withdrawal from, the compact violated the due process clause; and (4) whether Michigan's retroactive repeal of, and withdrawal from, the compact violated the commerce clause.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 09/09/2016 | Application (16A250) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 22, 2016 to November 21, 2016, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| 09/09/2016 | Application (16A250) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 21, 2016. |
| 11/21/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2016) |
| 12/21/2016 | Waiver of right of respondent Michigan Department of Treasury to respond filed. |
| 12/22/2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Tax Executives Institute, Inc filed. VIDED. |
| 12/22/2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The American College of Tax Counsel filed. VIDED. |
| 12/23/2016 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 12/23/2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Council on State Taxation filed. VIDED. |
| 01/03/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
| 01/10/2017 | Response Requested . (Due February 9, 2017) |
| 02/01/2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 13, 2017. |
| 03/13/2017 | Brief of respondent Michigan Department of Treasury in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| 03/28/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2017. |
| 04/03/2017 | Reply of petitioners Sonoco Products Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/17/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017. |
| 04/24/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017. |
| 05/08/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017. |
| 05/15/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017. |
| 05/22/2017 | Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |