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Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-2003 · judgment July 24, 2020


Decided · April 21, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Section 6330(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code establishes a 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the Tax Court of a notice of determination from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 26 U.S.C. § 6330(d)(1). The question presented is: Whether the time limit in Section 6330(d)(1) is a jurisdictional requirement or a claimprocessing rule subject to equitable tolling.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Melissa Arbus Sherry
Latham & Watkins LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage · 4 merits
(4 supporting pet./neither)

Argument & decision

Argued January 12, 2022 — Melissa Arbus Sherry · Jonathan C. Bond. Audio and transcript

Decided April 21, 2022. Opinion by Barrett.

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2023
    Record returned to the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1 - Box.
  2. May 23 2022
    Judgment Issued
  3. Apr 21 2022
    Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
  4. Jan 12 2022
    Argued. For petitioner: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
  5. Jan 11 2022
    Record received from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1 - Box
  6. Jan 10 2022
    Letter from Solicitor General regarding statistics in brief on the merits filed. (Distributed)
  7. Jan 10 2022
    Restricted documents received from the U.S.C.A. has been electronically filed.
  8. Dec 30 2021
    Reply of petitioner Boechler, P.C. filed. (Distributed)
  9. Dec 15 2021
    Brief of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue filed. (Distributed)
  10. Dec 14 2021
    CIRCULATED
  11. Nov 22 2021
    Brief amici curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation, et al., filed.
  12. Nov 22 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Federal Tax Clinics, Legal Aid Groups, and Tax Professors filed.
  13. Nov 22 2021
    Brief amici curiae of The Center for Taxpayer Rights, et al. filed.
  14. Nov 22 2021
    Amicus brief of A. Lavar Taylor not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted - December 01, 2021).
  15. Nov 22 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of A. Lavar Taylor filed.
  16. Nov 17 2021
    ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
  17. Nov 17 2021
    Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
  18. Nov 15 2021
    Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
  19. Nov 15 2021
    Brief of petitioner Boechler, P.C. filed.
  20. Sep 30 2021
    Petition GRANTED.
  21. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  22. Aug 10 2021
    Reply of petitioner Boechler, P.C. filed. (Distributed)
  23. Jul 22 2021
    Brief of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue in opposition filed.
  24. Jun 14 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 22, 2021.
  25. Jun 11 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 21, 2021 to July 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  26. May 21 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Federal Tax Clinic at Charles Widger School of Law et al. filed.
  27. May 18 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of The Center for Taxpayer Rights filed.
  28. May 13 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 21, 2021.
  29. May 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 21, 2021 to June 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  30. Apr 16 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 21, 2021)