Legal Opinion
United States v. Hughes House Nursing Home, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 1, 1983No. 82-1717PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
On December 5, 1979, the United States sued the Hughes House Nursing Home, Inc. and Walter Hughes to recover Medicare overpayments that Blue Cross made to the Home from 1967 to 1971. The applicable statute of limitations (insofar as relevant here) provides that this action
shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within six years after the right of action accrues ....
28 U.S.C. § 2415(a). The district court held that the government’s “right of action accrue^]” before December 5, 1973 (six years before the complaint was filed) and it dismissed the action. The…
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