Legal Opinion
Linda Morse v. University of Vermont
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 19, 1992No. 1141, Docket 91-7977PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Generally, if a controversy is fully litigated, the right of a matter emerges. Yet, with the passage of time the wrong alleged becomes stale, witnesses die, memories fade so the litigation must be timely commenced or a statute of limitations may bar its continuing. The law offers a potential plaintiff a choice: having her rights determined by trial or sleeping on those rights so long that they are deemed under the law to be permanently at rest.
On March 30, 1990, appellant Linda Morse, a handicapped person, filed a complaint in Vermont Superior Court alleging that the…
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