Legal Opinion
F.E.B. Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 2016No. 15-11771PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant F.E.B. Corp. (“F.E.B,”) brought this action against Defendant-Appellee United States (“the government”) seeking to quiet title to a spoil island just off Key West, Florida. Because we find that the Quiet Title Aet’s statute of limitations has run, see 28 U.S.C. § 2409a(g), we AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal of the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
I. BACKGROUND
The island in question, known' as Wisteria Island (or “the' island”), is situated in the Gulf of Mexico, less than a mile off the coast of Key West, Florida. It |s not a natural…
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