Docket for 15-1442
                              
| 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.  | 
 
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    | 
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   | 
~~Phone~~~ | 
| Attorneys for Petitioners: |  |  | 
| Charles A. Rothfeld | 
Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 | 
|     Counsel of Record | 1999 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 Record | 12 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 General | 415-703-5202 | 
|     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, LLP | 313-465-7646 | 
 | 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 |