Sonoco Products Co. 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 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 (key to color coding) |
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| Sep 9 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. |
| Sep 9 2016 | Application (16A250) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 21, 2016. |
| Nov 21 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2016) |
| Dec 21 2016 | Waiver of right of respondent Michigan Department of Treasury to respond filed. |
| Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Tax Executives Institute, Inc filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The American College of Tax Counsel filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 23 2016 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 23 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Council on State Taxation filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 3 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
| Jan 10 2017 | Response Requested . (Due February 9, 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. |
| Apr 3 2017 | Reply of petitioners Sonoco Products Company, et al. filed. (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. |
