United States v. The Lutheran Medical Center-Richard H. Young Memorial Hospital

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the issue whether the general statute of limitations applicable to actions brought by the United States, governs an action for recoupment brought under a federal statute that does not contain a specific statute of limitations. The district court 1 held that the general statute of limitations does not apply. We affirm.

In 1968, Lutheran Medical Center (Lutheran) received a grant of $659,495 from the United States under the Community Mental Health Centers Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 2681 et seq. (1964), for use in the construction of a community mental…