Wilkins v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
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.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
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.