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· 12/19/1974

Thomas Kaiser v. William Cahn

Citations

  • 510 F.2d 282
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 5570

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that tolling was inappropriate where the plaintiff had almost three years in which to file, but tolling would be proper if, for example, plaintiff had only ten days
  • legal and practical difficulties faced by plaintiff in instituting and prosecuting civil rights claim influence federal court’s determination of accrual date and applicability of state tolling provisions in a way facilitating federal suit
  • legal and practical difficulties faced by plaintiff in instituting and prosecuting civil rights claim influence federal court's determination of accrual date and applicability of state tolling provisions in a way facilitating federal suit
  • claim was tolled during imprisonment construing New York laws to that effect
  • state suspension rule applied in federal civil rights action
  • N.Y. limitations for liability based on statute

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Judges: Friendly, Feinberg, Gurfein

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