apportionment

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25-158 R. J. Reynolds Vapor Company v. Altria Client Services LLC Federal Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response Waived apportionment expert-testimony federal-circuit patent-damages patent-infringement royalty-calculation Most products are made up of numerous components and features, patented and unpatented both. Their commercial success may be attributable to consumer …
23-435 Minor Lee McNeil v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment apportionment bill-of-attainder constitutional-apportionment direct-tax direct-taxation due-process fifth-amendment legislative-powers property-rights Arkansas, and most if not all other States, lay and collect direct taxes based largely on disparate property evaluations; with each State taxing their…
22-800 Charles G. Moore, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-23 Judgment Issued Amici (51)Relisted (2) apportionment apportionment-requirement article-i congress-power congressional-taxation constitutional-interpretation income-tax realization realization-doctrine sixteenth-amendment Whether the Sixteenth Amendment authorizes Congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states.
20-626 In Re Robert A. Heghmann 2020-11-10 Denied apportionment civil-rights congressional-districts district-court due-process one-person-one-vote standing three-judge-panel writ-of-mandamus Should a Writ of Mandamus be issued to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in the case of Heghmann v. Trump et al., …
20-468 Xpedite Systems, Inc. v. John J. Ficara, Acting Director, New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey 2020-10-09 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived apportionment commerce-clause deference due-process due-process-clause interstate-commerce revenue-reapportionment state-taxation tax-apportionment This Court has long held that State taxation of interstate commerce is only permissible where, among other factors, the tax is fairly apportioned to t…
20-362 Cochlear Corporation, et al. v. Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-284 apportionment book-of-wisdom circuit-split damages damages-calculation hypothetical-negotiation patent-infringement reasonable-royalty sinclair-refining 1. Whether the Federal Circuit has misapplied the "book of wisdom" set forth in Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co., 289 U.S. 689 (…
19-973 Brian D. Swanson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response Waived apportionment capital capital-tax constitutional-taxation direct-tax federal-tax-return income-classification income-tax rule-12(b)(6) tax-refund 1. May the Respondent collect a direct tax on Petitioner 's capital without going through the rule of apportionment? 2. May Respondent use Petition…
19-921 John M. Paz v. Director, New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey 2020-01-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived allocation apportionment commerce-clause corporate-income-tax due-process multistate-business state-taxation unitary-business unitary-business-principle 1. Whether it is constitutionally permissible for the domiciliary State of a corporation engaged in a multistate unitary business to allocate to itsel…
19-832 Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apportionment apportionment-rule federal-circuit innovation license-valuation patent-damages patent-infringement patent-invalidation pending-litigation prior-licenses 1. A patented invention often makes but a small contribution to a complex end-product's value. Thus, for well over a century, this Court has enforced …
19-6554 Brandon Gregory Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP apportionment criminal-procedure judicial-procedure paroline-analysis paroline-v-united-states plain-error proximate-cause restitution victim-compensation Whether failure to conduct a proximate cause and apportionment analysis as required by this Court's decision in Paroline v. United States, 572 U.S. 43…
19-211 Time Warner Cable, Inc., et al. v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P. Federal Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Amici (1) 35-usc-112 35-usc-112a 35-usc-284 apportionment federal-circuit garretson-v-clark patent-claims patent-damages patent-infringement patent-validity reasonable-royalty written-description 1. Whether the Federal Circuit erred by affirming a damages award based on unapportioned end-user service revenues. 2. Whether the Federal Circuit er…
19-119 Staples, Inc., et al. v. Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland Maryland 2019-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apportionment commerce-clause constitutional-taxation due-process franchise-fees income-apportionment income-tax interstate-commerce royalty royalty-fees royalty-income state-courts state-taxation When an out-of-State business receives royalty fees, franchise fees, or similar payments from in-State businesses, may a State imposing income taxes c…
18A1232 Time Warner Cable, Inc., et al. v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P. Federal Circuit 2019-05-29 Presumed Complete apportionment federal-circuit jury-verdicts patent-damages patent-infringement written-description Question not identified.
18-7887 Rodney Lyle Roberts v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 16th-amendment apportionment brushaber-case constitutional-basis constitutional-interpretation direct-income-tax direct-tax fifth-circuit-precedent income-tax parker-v-commissioner precedent sixteenth-amendment tax tax-law Whether the Fifth Circuit precedent, in their ruling in Parker v. Commissioner 7724F.2d469fliQ'L), becomes unassailable in holding that the Supreme Co…
18-779 Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied apportionment customer-demand entire-market-value-rule federal-circuit patent-damages patent-infringement patent-law patent-litigation willful-infringement Whether a plaintiff that proves that a patented feature creates the basis for customer demand for infringing products is entitled to patent damages ba…