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Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl

Petition for certiorari denied on December 12, 2016

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
16-267 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2016

Issue: (1) Whether a state statute that imposes regulatory obligations that apply, as a matter of law, solely to out-of-state companies, but does not use "language explicitly identifying geographical distinctions" in its text, discriminates against interstate commerce; (2) whether the 10th Circuit erred in adopting a "comparative burdens" test for discrimination, under which the burden of regulatory requirements imposed solely on out-of-state retailers may be offset by different obligations on in-state retailers; and (3) whether the 10th Circuit erred in concluding that out-of-state retailers that do not collect Colorado sales tax are "not similarly situated" to their direct in-state competitors who collect Colorado sales tax.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/10/2016Application (15A1259) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2016 to August 29, 2016, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
06/14/2016Application (15A1259) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until August 29, 2016.
08/29/2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2016)
09/27/2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 24, 2016.
10/03/2016Brief amici curiae of Council on State Taxation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed.
10/24/2016Brief amici curiae of The National Governors Association, et al. filed.
10/24/2016Brief of respondent Barbara Brohl, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Revenue in opposition filed.
11/21/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2016.
12/12/2016Petition DENIED.