No. 22-352

Missouri v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)
Tags: american-rescue-plan-act article-1-section-8 constitutional constitutional-challenge standing tax-mandate tenth-amendment treasury-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2023-01-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Missouri have standing to challenge Treasury's interpretation of the Tax Mandate as inconsistent with the law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In response to the pandemic-related economic downturn, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4. ARPA provides Missouri with roughly $2.7 billion and a condition: The State cannot use those funds “to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation.” §9901, 135 Stat. at 227 (codified at 42 U.S.C. §802(c)(2)(A)). The Department of the Treasury with public comments by Secretary Yellen—reads the law as prohibiting revenue-reducing tax policies. Missouri interprets the law as prohibiting only the deliberate use of ARPA funds to pay for a tax cut, and the government’s position as unconstitutional. The Eighth Circuit held Missouri lacked standing to seek judicial resolution of that difference. The questions presented are: 1. Does the State of Missouri have standing to challenge Treasury’s interpretation of the Tax Mandate as inconsistent with the law? 2. Does the Tax Mandate prohibit only the deliberate use of ARPA funds to pay for a tax cut? 3. If the Tax Mandate does more than prevent the deliberate use of ARPA funds to pay for a tax cut, is it constitutional under Article I, §8 and Tenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2023-01-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-04
2022-12-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-12-14
Brief of respondents Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-11-14
2022-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2022.
2022-10-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2022 to December 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Missouri
Michael Everett TalentMissouri Attorney General's Office, Petitioner
Michael Everett TalentMissouri Attorney General's Office, Petitioner
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
Joseph Darcy HenchmanNational Taxpayers Union Foundation, Amicus
Joseph Darcy HenchmanNational Taxpayers Union Foundation, Amicus
Yellen, Sec. of Treasury, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent