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· 6/22/1971

Richard S. Prather v. Neva Paperbacks, Inc.

Citations

  • 446 F.2d 338
  • 13 A.L.R. Fed. 916
  • 170 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 378
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 9396

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  • noting that the facts of such concealment were undisputed
  • once plaintiff on inquiry that potential claim exists statute of limitations starts to run
  • once plaintiff' on inquiry that potential claim exists statute of limitations starts to run
  • “[T]he intent of the drafters was that the limitations period would affect the remedy only, not the substantive right, and that equitable considerations would therefore apply to suspend the running of the statute.”
  • “[T]he in- tent of the drafters [of the predecessor of § 507(b)] was that the limitations period would affect the remedy only, not the substantive right, and that equitable considerations would therefore apply to suspend the running of the statute.”
  • applying the equitable doctrine of fraudulent concealment

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Judges: Wisdom, Davis, Goldberg

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