Legal Opinion
Major Saxton, Jr., Mary Saxton v. Acf Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2001No. 00-11047PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this'diversity jurisdiction case, Major and Mary Saxton bring an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to ACF Industries, Inc. (“ACF”) on all of their claims based on Alabama’s statute of limitations. The Saxtons contend that their third amended complaint was not barred by the statute of limitations, but was timely filed due to Alabama’s law governing relation back of amendments. The Saxtons assert that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c)(1), state law relation-back rules apply when state law provides the applicable statute of…
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