Doris Slaaten v. United States

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Doris Slaaten appeals from the district court’s dismissal of her suit against the United States for conversion of oil and gas royalty payments. The district court held that Slaaten’s suit was barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act two-year statute of limitations. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2401(b) (Supp. 1992). Slaaten argues that she complied with the two-year statute of limitations because her claim did not accrue until September 19, 1989, when an Interior Board of Land Appeals decision, reversing a longstanding government position and holding that the United States had no…