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· 10/10/1997

Carreras-Rosa v. Alves-Cruz

Citations

  • 127 F.3d 172
  • 1997 WL 613056

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  • using a Puerto Rico Supreme Court decision to determine the timeliness of a section 1983 claim
  • “[W]hen the federal court borrows the state statute of limitations, so too the date on which the limitations period starts to run should be determined by the state law defining the ‘application’ of the limitations period.”

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Judges: Selya, Campbell, Lynch

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