Legal Opinion
In Re United Mine Workers of America Employee Benefit Plans Litigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 7, 1994No. Misc. 91-386PublishedCited by 260 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.
Nineteen defendants 1 in five of the cases, which have been transferred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 for multidistrict proceedings, have filed motions to dismiss, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or motions for judgment on the pleadings, pursuant to Rule 12(e), on the ground that plaintiffs’ claims as alleged are barred by the applicable limitations period. The issue presently before the Court is whether the transferor fora statutes of limitations periods, the District of Columbia’s three-year…
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