Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States

This article is about the 2016 case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. For the landmark 1968 Supreme Court decision, see Menominee Tribe v. United States.

Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 1, 2015
Decided January 25, 2016
Full case nameMenominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Petitioner v. United States
Docket no.14–510
Citations577 U.S. ___ (more)
136 S. Ct. 750; 193 L. Ed. 2d 652
Case history
PriorSummary judgment granted, 841 F. Supp. 2d 99 (D.D.C. 2012); affirmed, 764 F.3d 51 (D.C. Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 2927 (2015).
Holding
Plaintiff was not entitled to equitable tolling because they did not demonstrate "extraordinary circumstances"
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
MajorityAlito, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Contract Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq.,

Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified when litigants are entitled to equitable tolling of a statute of limitations.[1] In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court held that the plaintiff in this case was not entitled to equitable tolling of the statute of limitations because they did not demonstrate that "extraordinary circumstances" prevented the timely filing of the lawsuit.[2]

  1. ^ Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States, No. 14-510, 577 U.S. ___, slip op. at 1, 3–4, 5–8 (2016).
  2. ^ Menominee Tribe of Wis., slip op. at 1, 5–9.