Republic National Bank v. Zaccoli

How courts have described this case

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• holding that statutory modification of limitations period should be given retroactive effect based on fact that statute was to take effect immediately
• applying new statute of limitations retroactively in part because plaintiff had a reasonable time within which to prosecute her claim after the statute’s effective date
• “[T]he limiting amendment was expressly provided to take effect immediately, a factor consistent with the purpose of giving it retroactive effect.”
• “There is no constitutional impediment to legislation retroactively either extending a period of limitations or shortening such period, providing that a party has a reasonable time to commence the action under the shortened period.”
• “retroactivity need not be explicitly set forth in the statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).