DIRECTV Group Holdings, LLC v. Michigan Department of Treasury
Petition for certiorari denied on May 22, 2017
Issues: (1) Whether the Multistate Tax Compact has the status of a contract that binds its signatory states; and (2) whether a state law that imposes retroactive tax liability for a period of almost seven years, in a manner that upsets settled expectations and reasonable reliance interests, violates the due process clause.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Oct 5 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 5, 2017) |
| Dec 20 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. VIDED |
| Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Tax Executives Institute, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 23 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Council on State Taxation filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 4 2017 | Waiver of right of respondent Michigan Department of Treasury to respond filed. |
| Jan 18 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2017. |
| Jan 23 2017 | Response Requested . (Due February 22, 2017) |
| Feb 1 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 13, 2017. |
| Mar 13 2017 | Brief of respondent Michigan Department of Treasury in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| Mar 28 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2017. |
| Mar 28 2017 | Reply of petitioners DIRECTV Group Holdings, LLC filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Apr 17 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017. |
| Apr 24 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017. |
| May 8 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017. |
| May 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017. |
| May 22 2017 | Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
