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Andrew T. Barrett v. United States, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2020-1912, 2020-1914 · judgment February 22, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In 2012, the Government expropriated the net worth of private companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, by arrogating for itself the Companies’ earnings in perpetuity. The Federal Circuit held this “Net Worth Sweep” did not effect a compensable taking because the Government had purportedly eliminated the Companies’ “cognizable property interest” in their own earnings and net worth through the enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The question presented is whether the Government’s uncompensated appropriation of these private companies’ earnings and net worth through the Net Worth Sweep effects a taking under the Fifth Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David H. Thompson
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jan 09 2023Petition DENIED.
- Nov 30 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
- Nov 29 2022Reply of petitioner Andrew T. Barrett filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 09 2022Brief of respondents United States in opposition filed. VIDED.
- Sep 30 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 9, 2022.
- Sep 29 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2022 to November 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 08 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 3, 2022.
- Aug 05 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2022 to October 3, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 22 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2022)
- May 12 2022Application (21A711) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 22, 2022.
- May 09 2022Application (21A711) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 23, 2022 to July 22, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.