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Just a few weeks ago, Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys Stewart M. Weintraub and Adam M. Koelsch, together with Peter L. Faber of McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, filed in the U.S. Supreme Court an amicus brief on behalf of the American College of Tax Counsel in support of the petitioners challenging the Michigan Court of Appeals’ September 2015 decision in Gillette Commercial Operations N. Am. v. Dep't of Treasury.
In the amicus, the attorneys argued that the Court of Appeals had misapplied the holding of the Supreme Court in United States v. Carlton in order to sustain a retroactive repeal of tax legislation relied upon by the state. According to the attorneys, that retroactive repeal, stretching seven years into the past, violates the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The petitions had been scheduled for a conference on January 19. The Court removed the petitions, as well as the petition submitted in the case of Dot Foods, Inc. v. State of Washington, from the conference calendar and ordered Michigan to respond to the petitions by March 13. Dot Foods, Inc. is another retroactivity case in which Weintraub and Faber had raised similar due process arguments in an amicus brief submitted for the College.
In light of these actions, it is possible that the Court may be interested in reviewing these cases. If the Court were to grant certiorari, it is hoped that the subsequent opinion would provide some much needed guidance regarding the ability of state legislatures to enact retroactive tax changes.
A copy of the Brief is available here.