Legal Opinion
D.C. Transit System, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 16, 1984No. 82-1330PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.
McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the District Court’s grant of summary judgment against plaintiff D.C. Transit System on statute-of-limitations grounds. Plaintiff brought this action against the United States to quiet title to certain real property within the District of Columbia under 28 U.S.C. § 2409a (1976). The question presented on appeal is whether D.C. Transit should have known of the government’s interest in the property before May 19, 1968, so as to bar the transit company’s action under the twelve-year…
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