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· 2/20/1958

Peebles v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 252 F.2d 638
  • 102 U.S. App. D.C. 257

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that plaintiffs amended complaint could not relate back because there was “no evidence in the record that the [defendant] had notice of the suit -within the 120 day period required by Rule 4(m).”
  • barring homeowner’s claim under statute of limitations because homeowner filed notice of rescission with the servicer, Countrywide, because the homeowner did not know Countrywide was only a servicer until three years into the lawsuit
  • barring homeowner's claim under statute of limitations because homeowner filed notice of rescission with the servicer, Countrywide, because the homeowner did not know Countrywide was only a servicer until three years into the lawsuit
  • “[S]ection 1635(f) represents an ‘absolute limitation on rescission actions’ which bars any claims filed more than three years after the consummation of the transaction.”
  • TILA’s right of rescission expires three years after the date of consummation of the transaction or upon the sale of the property, whichever occurs first
  • “[Section] 1635(f) is a statute of repose, depriving the courts of subject matter jurisdiction when a § 1635 claim is brought outside the three-year limitation period.”

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