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· 3/14/1985

Ralph Roger Bergman v. United States of America

Citations

  • 751 F.2d 314

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that continuous-violation doctrine is triggered “by continual unlawful acts, not by continual ill effects from the original violation”
  • noting that continuous-violation doctrine is triggered “by continual unlawful acts, not by continual ill effects from the original violation”
  • relying on Oppenheim v. Campbell, 571 F.2d 660, 662 (D.C.Cir.1978) for the proposition that the action “accrues” when the right to resort to court is perfected
  • rejecting the plaintiff’s argument that each of his renewed requests to retroactively reclassify his prior job positions following an adverse determination constituted a new cause of action sufficient to avoid the statute of limitations.
  • claim that government negligently failed to correct classification records was barred by § 2680(h), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 945 (1985)
  • “There is no implied cause of action since Congress had already expressly created a variety of administrative and judicial remedies ‘to cover the problem.’” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Logan, Breitenstein, McWilliams

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