No. 15-1442
Title:
The Gillette Company, et al., Petitioners
v.
California Franchise Tax Board, et al.
Docketed:May 31, 2016
Linked with 15A967
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of California
  Case Nos.:(S206587)
  Decision Date:December 31, 2015

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 16 2016 Application (15A967) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 30, 2016 to May 29, 2016, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Mar 28 2016 Application (15A967) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until May 29, 2016.
May 27 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 30, 2016)
Jun 23 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 1, 2016.
Jun 29 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Ohio filed.
Jun 29 2016 Brief amicus curiae of David Doerr filed.
Jun 30 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Jones Apparel Group and RB Holdings(USA) Inc.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Tax Executives Institute, Inc. filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Council on State Taxation filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amici curiae of Jeffrey B. Litwak and Phillip J. Cooper filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Council of State Chambers of Commerce filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Tax Foundation filed.
Jun 30 2016 Brief amici curiae of International Business Machines Corporation, et al. filed.
Aug 1 2016 Brief of respondent California Franchise Tax Board in opposition filed.
Aug 16 2016 Reply of petitioners The Gillette Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 17 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
Oct 3 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2016.
Oct 11 2016 Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Charles A. Rothfeld Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
    Counsel of Record1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
crothfeld@mayerbrown.com
Party name: The Gillette Company, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Kathleen Boergers Deputy Solicitor General(510) 622-4453
    Counsel of Record California Department of Justice
1515 Clay St., 20th Floor
Oakland, CA  94612-0550
kathleen.boergers@doj.ca.gov
Party name: California Franchise Tax Board
 
Amy L. Silverstein Silverstein & Pomerantz, LLP(415) 593-3500
    Counsel of Record12 Gough Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103
asilverstein@sptaxlaw.com
Party name: RB Holdings (USA) Inc. and Jones Apparel Group
 
Lucy Fong Wang Deputy Attorney General415-703-5202
    Counsel of Record Department of Justice
455 Golden Gate Avenue
Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA  94102
lucy.wang@doj.ca.gov
Party name: California Franchise Tax Board
Other:
Karl A. Frieden Council on State Taxation(202) 484-5222
122 C Street NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC  20001
kfrieden@cost.org
Party name: Council on State Taxation
 
Lynnteri Arsht Gandhi Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP313-465-7646
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI  48226-3506
lgandhi@honigman.com
Party name: Council of State Chambers of Commerce
 
Donald M. Griswold Crowell & Moring, LLP(202) 624-2500
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  2004
dgriswold@crowell.com
Party name: International Business Machines Corporation, et al.
 
Joseph D. Henchman Tax Foundation(202)-464-6200
1325 G Street, N.W., Ste. 950
Washington, DC  20005
henchman@taxfoundation.org
Party name: Tax Foundation
 
Alan I. Horowitz Miller & Chevalier Chartered(202) 626-5800
900 Sixteenth St., N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
ahorowitz@milchev.com
Party name: Jeffrey B. Litwak and Phillip J. Cooper
 
Frederick Liu Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
frederick.liu@hoganlovells.com
Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al.
 
A. Pilar Mata Tax Executives Institute, Inc.202-464-8346
1200 G Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC  20005-3814
pmata@tei.org
Party name: Tax Executives Institute, Inc.
 
Eric E. Murphy State Solicitor(614) 466-8980
Office of the Ohio Attorney's General
30 East Broad Street, 17th Fl.
Columbus, OH  43215-3428
eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Ohio
 
William Hays Weissman Littler & Mendelson, P.C.925 932 2468
1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA  94597
wweissman@littler.com
Party name: David Doerr