Legal Opinion
Lillian Knapp, Personal Representative of the Estate of Julius J. Knapp, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1988No. 87-1143PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
This is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case in which the district court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because the plaintiff had failed to file a proper administrative claim with the Veterans Administration (VA) before the statute of limitations had expired. The effect of its holding was to treat non-statutory requirements found in Department of Justice regulations as establishing jurisdictional prerequisites for a federal court action. Since the regulations that pertain to filing administrative claims are not jurisdictional, we reverse.
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Julius J. Knapp died on…
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