Rex E. Jordan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal was perfected from the district court’s order granting defendant-appellee’s motion to dismiss plaintiff-appellant’s malpractice claim on the grounds that it was barred by the lapse of 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b), 1 the two year statute of limitation applicable to tort claims filed against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The sole question for consideration here is whether the district court correctly found that appellant’s claim “accrued” sometime in 1969 rather than on June 7, 1971, as he contended.
Appellant, Rex E. Jordan, is a one-eyed 2…
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- John M. Kossick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Betty Jean Brown, a Minor, by Owen Walter Brown, Her Guardian Ad Litem, and Owen Walter Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Arvil M. Ashley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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