Legal Opinion

Dugan & McNamara, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided October 5, 1954No. 545-52PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court · LittletoNLittletoN, Judge

On October 5,1954, we dismissed defendant’s fifth counterclaim based on the False Claims Act, 31 U. S. C. 231 et seq., because the fraudulent acts alleged to come within that Act *605occurred more than six years prior to the filing of the counterclaim on June 29,1953, and were therefore barred by the six-year period of limitations contained in the Act (§ 235).

Defendant has now moved for a reconsideration of that decision and in so doing has raised an issue which was not heretofore presented to the court. Defendant’s position now is that assuming the applicability of the six-year statute of…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. United States v. WurtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. United States v. BorinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Jankowitz v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
  2. Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1959
  3. United States Ex Rel. McCans v. Armour & Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1956
  4. Dugan & McNamara, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
  5. Canned Foods, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1956

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