Capitol Services Management v. Vesta Corporation

Millett, Circuit Judge:

*787 This case concerns the proper application of the discovery rule to tortious interference claims under District of Columbia law. The district court determined that the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Capitol Services Management, Inc. was barred by the statute of limitations because Capitol Services was on "inquiry notice" of the defendant's alleged interference with its contract long before the limitations period expired. But at the motion-to-dismiss stage, dismissal on statute-of-limitations grounds is permissible only if a plaintiff's claims are conclusively time-barred on…