Legal Opinion
Owens v. Okure
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 10, 1989No. 87-56PublishedCited by 1,808 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U. S. 261 (1985), we held that courts entertaining claims brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 should borrow the state statute of limitations for personal injury actions. This case raises the question of what limitations period should apply to a § 1983 action where a State has one or more statutes of limitations for certain enumerated intentional torts, and a residual statute for all other personal injury actions. We hold that the residual or general personal injury statute of limitations applies.
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On November 13, 1985, respondent Tom U. U. Okure brought suit in the…
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