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.
Recommended Citation: Sonoco Products Co. v. Michigan Department of Treasury, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/sonoco-products-co-v-michigan-department-treasury/