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Burnett Vs. Grattan

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 27, 1984

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  1. Robertson Vs. Wegmann US Supreme Court · May 31, 1978
  2. GriffIn Vs. Breckenridge US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1971
  3. Monroe Vs. Pape US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1961
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  4. Maine Vs. Thiboutot US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1980
  5. O'Sullivan Vs. Felix US Supreme Court · Apr 13, 1914
  6. Board of Regents Vs. Tomanio US Supreme Court · May 19, 1980
  7. Delcostello Vs. Teamsters US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1983
  8. U.S. 42 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Burnett v. Grattan
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  9. U.S. 42 (1984) Burnett v. Grattan
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  10. the suit as time-barred. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, relying on its previous decision in McNutt v. Duke
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  11. occasions, this Court has rejected arguments that a particular federal statute of limitations applied, O'Sullivan v. Felix
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  12. emphasizing the independence of the remedial scheme established by the Reconstruction Era Acts. See, e.g., Johnson v. Railway
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  13. Jones v. Alfred
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  14. turn to state law for statutes of limitations in actions brought under these civil rights statutes. See, e.g., Chardon v. Fumero
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  15. state statutes of limitations should govern a suit brought under the Civil Rights Acts. For example, in Johnson v. Railway
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  16. state statute of limitations. In Board of Regents v. Tomanio
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  17. Johnson v. Railway
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  18. they belong in court. McDonald v. West
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  19. also reflects a policy assessment of the state causes of action to which it applies. Occidental Life Insurance Co. v. EEOC
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  20. of persons whose civil rights have been violated, and prevention of the abuse of state power. Board of Regents v. Tomanio
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  21. federal constitutional or statutory rights are abridged may recover damages or secure injunctive relief. See Mitchum v. Foster
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  22. McNeese v. Board
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  23. Monroe v. Pape
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  24. Circuits have adopted positions similar to that taken by the Court of Appeals in this case. See, e.g., Childers v. Independent
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  25. Zuniga v. AMFAC
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  26. Garcia v. Wilson
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  27. Chambers v. Omaha
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  28. Mason v. Owens-Illinois
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  29. Garner v. Stephens
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  30. Waters v. Wisconsin
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  31. action), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 911 (1970). But see Warner v. Perrino
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  32. Green v. Ten
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  33. Warren v. Norman
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  34. S. 855 (1975). The First Circuit has upheld reliance upon administrative statutes of limitations. See, e.g., Burns v. Sullivan
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  35. cert. denied, 449 U.S. 893 (1980). The First Circuit has followed Burns in Carter v. Supermarkets
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  36. Holden v. Commission
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  37. Hussey v. Sullivan
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  38. and its complementary role in the scheme of federal civil rights legislation, see Moor v. County
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  39. a 6-month administrative statute of limitations in the labor context, DelCostello v. Teamsters
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  40. for whatever reason, sees no need for national uniformity in all aspects of civil rights cases. See Robertson v. Wegmann
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  41. applicable to actions brought under one or all of the Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts. See, e.g., Johnson v. Davis
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  42. actions as discriminating against federal cause of action). See also Campbell v. Haverhill
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  43. Pauk v. Board
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  44. and 1985(3). The Court of Appeals in McNutt v. Duke
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  45. that makes such a claim invariably more difficult to investigate than a claim asserted under state law. Cf. Johnson v. Railway
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  46. of limitations over an alternative, but shorter, period, a type of approach we have rejected before. Cf. Robertson v. Wegmann
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  47. fact that Congress has seen no need to establish a uniform approach in federal civil rights actions. Board of Regents v. Tomanio
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  48. id. at 446 U. S. 488 . Finally, in Johnson v. Railway
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  49. of litigation seem materially the same as in this case. DelCostello v. Teamsters
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Burnett v. Grattan
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