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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Welfare Benefit Plan v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Welfare Benefit Plan asks the Supreme Court to overturn its 2008 rule that a six-year deadline for certain money claims over $10,000 against the United States limits the Court of Federal Claims’ power to hear a case.
- What's at stake
- The Plan asks the Court to say the deadline can be extended for fairness reasons and does not limit the Court of Federal Claims’ power to hear a case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Plan argues that courts should be able to extend that deadline for fairness reasons.
In 2008, the Supreme Court said Section 2501’s six-year deadline for certain claims over $10,000 against the United States limits the Court of Federal Claims’ power to hear cases and cannot be extended for fairness reasons.
Question presented
Whether this Court should overrule John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States and hold that Section 2501 is nonjurisdictional and subject to equitable tolling?
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the case; no date for that decision is provided.
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.