· 11/8/2002
City of Hialeah, Florida v. Eterio Rojas
Citations
- 311 F.3d 1096
- 54 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 142
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 23252
- 83 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,245
- 90 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 467
How courts have described this case
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- finding that district court erred in concluding as a matter of law that news reports of defendants' conduct were sufficiently numerous and notorious to impute knowledge of them to plaintiffs
- explaining the statute of limitations for a § 1983 action is borrowed from the forum state’s personal injury statute of limitations, which in Florida is four years
- \This Court requires that a plaintiff who wishes to bring a lawsuit on behalf of a class of individuals ... must ... have standing to bring the claim....\
- “Section 1983 claims are governed by the forum state’s residual personal injury statute of limitations, which in Florida is four years.” (citations omitted)
- “Section 1983 claims are governed by the forum state’s residual personal injury statute of limitations, which in Florida is four years”
- “Section 1983 claims are governed by the forum state’s residual personal injury statute of limitations, which in Florida is four years”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Wilson, Restani
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