Legal Opinion
United States v. Central Soya, Inc., and Canton Towing Company, Inc., in Personam, and Barge Ad-609b
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 1982No. 81-2380PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The novel issue we must address in this case is whether 28 U.S.C. § 2415(b), which requires the United States to bring all actions “founded upon a tort” within three years of the accrual of such causes of action, is applicable to this Government brought action arising out of property damage to a federally-owned lock and dam. The district court concluded that the United States’ entire action was time-barred under 28 U.S.C. § 2415(b). On appeal, the United States challenges this conclusion.
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It is alleged that on March 21, 1978, Barge AD-609B broke loose from the place where…
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