John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States

John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 6, 2007 Decided January 8, 2008
Full case name	John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States
Citations	552 U.S. 130 (more)
Holding
An action in the Court of Claims must always be timely, even if the government has waived timeliness.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Alito
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Ginsburg
Dissent	Ginsburg

John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States, 552 U.S. 130 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an action in the United States Court of Claims must always be timely, even if the government has waived timeliness.^[1][2]

References

1. John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States, 552 U.S. 130 (2008).
2. "Court rules on Claims Court powers". SCOTUSblog. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

External links

• Text of John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States, 552 U.S. 130 (2008) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)