THIOKOL CORP., MORTON INTERN., INC. v. ROBERTS

THIOKOL CORPORATION, MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. (as successors through corporate reorganization to Morton, Thiokol, Inc.) and Bee Chemical Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Douglas B. ROBERTS, in his official capacity as Treasurer of the State of Michigan, and Thomas M. Hoatlin, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Michigan, Defendants-Appellees. AKZO AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, Akzo Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Akzo Coatings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Akzo Salt, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Beecham, Inc. (TN), a Tennessee corporation, Beloit Corp., a Delaware corporation, BOC Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, BOC Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation, Butler Manufacturing Co., a Delaware corporation, Coca Cola Company, a Delaware Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corp., a Georgia corporation, Hanischfeger Corp., a Delaware Corporation, Jefferson Smurfit Corp., a Delaware Corporation, Kroger Co., an Ohio Corporation, M-I Drilling Fluids Co., a Texas partnership, May Department Stores Co., a New York corporation, Miles, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Quaker Chemical Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation, Sears Roebuck and Co., a New York Corporation, Timken Company, an Ohio corporation, UpJohn Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and W.R. Grace & Co., a Connecticut corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. REVENUE DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, STATE OF MICHIGAN; Douglas B. Roberts, in his official capacity as Treasurer of the State of Michigan; and Thomas M. Hoatlin, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Michigan, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.