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· 6/24/1992

Richard Shofer v. Hack Company, Stuart Hack

Citations

  • 970 F.2d 1316
  • 118 A.L.R. Fed. 717
  • 15 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1988
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14443
  • 1992 WL 140574

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The commencement of an action in a clearly inappropriate forum, a court that clearly lacks jurisdiction, will not toll the statute of limitations.”
  • “Because the state court clearly lacked jurisdiction over the ERISA fiduciary duty claims, . . . equitable tolling under federal tolling principles is not appropriate in this case.”
  • “In applying the state statute 5 USCA4 Appeal: 22-1320 Doc: 32 Filed: 07/31/2023 Pg: 6 of 17 of limitations, the court must also apply state principles of tolling to that limitation period.”

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Judges: Ervin, Tilley, Middle, Herlong

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