Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner Corner Post, Inc. is a convenience store and truck stop in North Dakota that first opened for business in 2018. In 2021, Corner Post sued the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under the Administrative Procedure Act, challenging a Board rule adopted in 2011 that governs certain fees for debit-card transactions. The Eighth Circuit held that Corner Post’s APA claims were barred by 28 U.S.C. §2401(a)’s six-year statute of limitations. In so doing, it adopted the majority position in an acknowledged circuit split on when APA claims “first accrue[]” under §2401(a). The Eighth Circuit held that Corner Post’s APA claims “first accrue[d]” when the Board issued the rule in 2011—even though Corner Post did not open for business until seven years later. As a result, Corner Post’s limitations period expired in 2017—a year before it opened for business. The court did not explain how Corner Post could have “suffer[ed] legal wrong” from or been “adversely affected or aggrieved by” the Board’s rule—a predicate to stating an APA claim, 5 U.S.C. §702—before Corner Post accepted even one debit-card payment subject to the rule. The question presented is: Does a plaintiff's APA claim “first accrue[]” under 28 U.S.C. §2401(a) when an agency issues a rule—regardless of whether that rule injures the plaintiff on that date (as the Eighth Circuit and five other circuits have held)—or when the rule first causes a plaintiff to “suffer[] legal wrong” or be “adversely affected or aggrieved” (as the Sixth Circuit has held)?
2024-08-22
Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
2024-07-01
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008new_8n5a.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., and Kagan, J., joined.
2024-07-01
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., and Kagan, J., joined.
2024-02-20
Argued. For petitioner: Bryan K. Weir, Arlington, Va. For respondent: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
2024-01-16
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (one box) and available with the Clerk.
2024-01-12
Reply of petitioner Corner Post, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-05
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
2024-01-05
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
2023-12-20
Brief amici curiae of Small Business Associations filed.
2023-12-13
Brief of respondent Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sytem filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of Governor Henry McMaster, et al. filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute (Dec.12, 2023) filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of Professors Aditya Bamzai, et al. filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of Little Tucker Act Scholars filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., et al. filed.
2023-11-17
Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
2023-11-13
Brief of petitioner Corner Post, Inc. filed.
2023-11-06
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2023-10-26
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Corner Post, Inc.
2023-06-23
Reply of petitioner Corner Post, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2023-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-16
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 received.
2023-06-16
Brief of respondent Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sytem in opposition filed.
2023-05-17
Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
2023-05-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 16, 2023.
2023-05-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 17, 2023 to June 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-04-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2023)
2023-03-08
Application (22A783) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 13, 2023.
2023-03-03
Application (22A783) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 14, 2023 to April 13, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.