Legal Opinion
Hart v. Bates
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 7, 1995No. 1:93-cv-01374PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLOCK, District Judge:
Defendant Raymond J. Bates, Jr. (“Bates”) moves for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c) seeking dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint on statute-of-limitations grounds. 1 The Court has converted the motion to one for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. 2 Resolution of this motion centers on the interaction in diversity cases of federal and state laws governing the ascertainment and tolling of the applicable statute of limitations. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.
I
BACKGROUND
As alleged in the complaint, on…
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