Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. The United States

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• noting that a claim does not accrue unless the \plaintiff was or should have been aware of\ the facts that fix the government's liability
• holding statute of limitations on breach of trust claims accrued at the latest when federal government terminated federal trust relationship over the band
• observing that the six-year limitations period “is a jurisdictional requirement attached by Congress as a condition of the government’s waiver of sovereign immunity and, as such, must be strictly construed”
• “The 6-year statute of limitations on actions against the United States is a jurisdictional requirement attached by Congress as a condition of the government’s waiver of sovereign immunity and, as such, must be strictly construed.”
• “[T]he statute of limitations can be tolled where the government fraudulently or deliberately conceals material facts relevant to a plaintiff’s claim so that the plaintiff was unaware of their existence and could not have discovered the basis of his claim.”
• drawing distinction between tolling of accrual and tolling the statute

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