Check out the Federal Takings blog, which notes that the Supreme Court has asked the federal government to respond to the cert petition in Ministerio Roca Solida, Inc. v. United States, No. 14-5058 (filed May 27, 2015). The government previously waived its right to respond.
The issue presented in the case is one which the Supreme Court dodged in in United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, 131 S. Ct. 1723 (2011): whether 28 U.S.C. § 1500's jurisdictional bar -- which deprives the Court of Federal Claims of jurisdiction if a related case is pending in another court at the time the CFC complaint is filed -- operates in takings claims, which are required to be split between the CFC and the district courts (aka the "Tucker Act Shuffle"). We filed an amicus brief in Tohono, arguing that the statute cannot be read to deprive takings plaintiffs of their right to secure just compensation, when they may be required to file their district court actions first. As the Federal Takings post notes, the question in Roca Solida is whether the Takings Clause, being self-executing, is an exception to the Tohono rule.
While the Court requesting a response doesn't mean that it is really interested in the case, this is at least an encouraging sign that someone up there in the cert pool is paying attention. Stay tuned.
More details at "Supreme Court Orders Department of Justice to Respond to Petition for Certiorari in Takings Case after Arent Fox Files Amicus Brief."