Legal Opinion
Bivens Gardens Office Building, Inc. v. Barnett Bank of Florida, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 1990No. 89-3172PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal the district court's dismissal of their civil RICO and pendent state law claims against the defendants on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired.1 The several causes of action enumerated in the complaint arise from the alleged wrongful takeover of a corporation in 1975, the mismanagement and wrongful diversion of corporate assets between 1975 and 1981, and the wrongful sale of a partnership’s major asset in 1981 for less than its market value. Reasoning that all of the injuries suffered by the plaintiffs arose from the wrongful takeover…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Beck v. PrupisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Bivens Gardens Office Building, Inc. v. Barnett Bank Of Florida, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Calabrese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992
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