Supreme Court· 4/20/1959
Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
Citations
- 359 U.S. 231
- 79 S. Ct. 760
- 3 L. Ed. 2d 770
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1137
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- holding that the plaintiff's claims were not time-barred where the defendant misrepresented the number of years in which the plaintiff had to sue
- holding that equitable tolling was appropriate where complainant was misled by adversary as to deadline for filing action
- holding that the plaintiffs claims were not time-barred where the defendant misrepresented the number of years in which the plaintiff had to sue
- holding that defendant may be equitably estopped from as- setting limitations defense under FELA
- holding that equitable tolling could apply when party “was justifiably misled into a good-faith belief that” limitations period was four years longer than the law provided
- explaining that estoppel is so central to our jurisprudence that it is implied unless there is express language to the contrary
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Judges: Black
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Cites
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- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1879-01-18· cited 1,827×
- Daniels v. TearneySupreme Court· 1880-12-13· cited 197×
- A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Supreme Court· 1915-03-22· cited 192×
- Graffam v. BurgessSupreme Court· 1886-03-08· cited 168×
- South Buffalo Railway Co. v. AhernSupreme Court· 1953-01-19· cited 141×
- Kirk v. HamiltonSupreme Court· 1880-05-10· cited 132×
- Schroeder v. YoungSupreme Court· 1896-03-02· cited 127×
- William Danzer & Co. v. Gulf & Ship Island RailroadSupreme Court· 1925-06-08· cited 124×
- Claim of Ahern v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals· 1952-03-13· cited 114×
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. BurnetteSupreme Court· 1915-11-29· cited 91×
- Bell v. Wabash Ry. Co.Eighth Circuit· 1932-04-12· cited 44×
- Gregg v. Von PhulSupreme Court· 1864-01-11· cited 35×
- Scarborough v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Fourth Circuit· 1951-08-09· cited 34×
- Damiano v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Third Circuit· 1947-04-30· cited 24×
- Fravel v. Pennsylvania R. Co.D. Maryland· 1952-03-31· cited 24×
- Scarborough v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Fourth Circuit· 1953-02-17· cited 19×
- Toran v. New York, N. H. & H. R.D. Massachusetts· 1952-11-19· cited 13×
- Michael Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSecond Circuit· 1958-04-07· cited 8×
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalS.D. New York· 1957-09-25· cited 6×
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