Wilkins v. United States
Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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21-1164 | 9th Cir. | Nov 30, 2022 | Mar 28, 2023 | 6-3 | Sotomayor | OT 2022 |
Holding: The Quiet Title Act's 12-year statute of limitations is a nonjurisdictional claims-processing rule.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on March 28, 2023. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito joined.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
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- A quiet bench on the Quiet Title Act: Justices hold muted debate on statute of limitations (Ronald Mann, December 2, 2022)
- A squabble over a forest road may pave the way for further narrowing of jurisdictional timing rules (Ronald Mann, November 28, 2022)
- December argument session will feature divisive cases on election law, First Amendment (Amy Howe, October 18, 2022)
- Justices will analyze statute of limitations in Quiet Title Act (Amy Howe, June 6, 2022)
- Are timing limits on property owners claims jurisdictional? (John Elwood, June 2, 2022)
- The Buffalo Billion plan and Montana easement cases (Andrew Hamm, March 11, 2022)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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02/18/2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022) |
03/17/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2022 to April 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
03/21/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2022. |
04/25/2022 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
05/05/2022 | Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
05/10/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022. |
05/31/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022. |
06/06/2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
06/23/2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
06/30/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits and the joint appendix is extended to and including August 4, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2022. |
07/06/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. |
08/04/2022 | Brief of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
08/04/2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
08/11/2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. |
08/11/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed. |
09/20/2022 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
10/03/2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. GRANTED. |
10/18/2022 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. |
10/20/2022 | Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
10/25/2022 | CIRCULATED. |
10/28/2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
11/01/2022 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. One sealed document transmitted electronically. The remaining record is available on PACER. |
11/30/2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey W. McCoy, Sacramento, Cal. For respondent: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
03/28/2023 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J., joined. |
05/01/2023 | Judgment issued. |