· 10/6/1981
Yanci Dupree v. Burtell Jefferson
Citations
- 666 F.2d 606
- 215 U.S. App. D.C. 43
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 17090
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the pendency of an action, whether voluntarily or involuntarily dismissed without prejudice, does not operate to toll the running of the statute of limitations
- concluding that the statute of limitations period “was not arrested during pendency of [the plaintiff’s] first action which was involuntarily dismissed without prejudice for want of prosecution”
- noting that challenges to the foreclosure belonged in a “different branch of the Superior Court”
- noting that courts have “authority to judicially notice related proceedings in other courts”
- recognizing the court’s “authority to judicially notice related proceedings in other courts”
- taking note of the “rule” “that a statute of limitations is not tolled during pendency of an action voluntarily dismissed without prejudice”
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Judges: III, Robinson, Wald, Green
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