No. 22-1008

Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-17
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (15) Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-procedure-act adverse-effect adversely-affected agency-action agency-rule circuit-split legal-wrong standing statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental Arbitration ERISA Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When do APA claims first accrue under 28 U.S.C. §2401(a)

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)?

Docket Entries

2024-08-22
Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
2024-08-02
Judgment Issued.
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
2024-01-11
CIRCULATED.
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
2023-12-19
2023-12-13
Brief of respondent Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sytem filed.
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., et al. filed.
2023-11-17
2023-11-13
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.
2023-09-29
Petition GRANTED.
2023-06-23
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
2023-05-17
Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
2023-05-17
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
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.

Attorneys

Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Michael David PepsonAmericans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus
Michael David PepsonAmericans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sytem
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Cato Institute
Jeremy Joseph BroggiWiley Rein LLP, Amicus
Jeremy Joseph BroggiWiley Rein LLP, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Mark Andrew PerryWeil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Amicus
Mark Andrew PerryWeil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Amicus
Corner Post, Inc.
Tyler GreenConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Petitioner
Tyler GreenConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Petitioner
Bryan Kipp WeirConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Petitioner
Bryan Kipp WeirConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Petitioner
Governor Henry McMaster and The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
William Grayson LambertOffice of the Governor, Amicus
William Grayson LambertOffice of the Governor, Amicus
John Kendrick
Jonathan Andrew BerryBoyden Gray & Associates, Amicus
Jonathan Andrew BerryBoyden Gray & Associates, Amicus
Little Tucker Act Scholars
Michael Blandford BuschbacherBoyden Gray PLLC, Amicus
Michael Blandford BuschbacherBoyden Gray PLLC, Amicus
National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc.
Elizabeth Gaudio MilitoNFIB Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Amicus
Elizabeth Gaudio MilitoNFIB Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Amicus
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Richard A. SampNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
Richard A. SampNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
Pacific Legal Foundation
Caleb Joseph KruckenbergPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Caleb Joseph KruckenbergPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Professors Aditya Bamzai and John Duffy
Aditya Bamzai — Amicus
Aditya Bamzai — Amicus
Public Citizen
Nicolas Anthony SansonePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Amicus
Nicolas Anthony SansonePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Amicus
SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
Skye Lynn PerrymanDemocracy Forward Foundation, Amicus
Skye Lynn PerrymanDemocracy Forward Foundation, Amicus
State of West Virginia and 17 Other States
Michael Ray WilliamsOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Amicus
Michael Ray WilliamsOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Amicus
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Amicus
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Amicus