Wilkins v. United States (598 U.S. 152)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 28, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 152 · 143 S. Ct. 870
- Decided
- March 28, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 598 U. S. Part 1 Pages 152–174 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 28, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus WILKINS et al. v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 21–1164. Argued November 30, 2022—Decided March 28, 2023 Petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins and Jane Stanton own properties in rural Montana that border a road for which the United States has held an easement since 1962. The Government claims that the easement includes public access, which petitioners dispute. In 2018, petitioners sued the Government under the Quiet Title Act, which allows challenges to the United States' rights in real property. The Government moved to dismiss on the ground that petitioners' claim is barred by the Act's 12-year time bar. 28 U. S. C. § 2409a(g). Petitioners countered that § 2409a(g)'s time limit is a nonjurisdictional claims-processing rule. The District Court agreed with the Government and dismissed the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The Ninth Circuit held…
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