Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. City of Passaic
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 21, 1990No. Civ. A. 85-1911 (MTB)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARRY, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
No doubt motivated at least in part by the serious nature of plaintiffs injuries, this court has accorded him the benefit of every call along the way, most particularly with reference to a serious statute of limitations problem. The problem is this: although plaintiff was shot on January 8, 1978, he did not file this civil rights action until December 21, 1984, almost seven years later and, absent tolling of the statute of limitations for almost five years, well out of time. 1
First, this court determined that the judge to whom this case was formerly…
2Cases cited80 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by19 opinions
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