The Supreme Court issued a single opinion yesterday. Wilkins v. United States concerns a property rights dispute between the federal government and two owners of land near the Bitterroot National Forest in rural Montana to...more
On March 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wilkins, et al. v. United States, No. 21-1164, holding that the Quiet Title Act’s 12-year limitation period is a “nonjurisdictional claims-processing rule” that does not...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision: Wilkins v. United States, No. 21-1164: This case considered the question of whether the 12-year statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is...more
All three branches of the federal government had a busy spring. The U.S. Supreme Court just completed its 2017 term in June with a full-strength bench after spending much of the previous term with only eight justices after...more
On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Upper Skagit Indiana Tribe v. Lundgren, No 17-387, holding that its prior decision in County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakima Nation, 502...more