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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC R. CO. v. U.S.

No. 91-3003.

945 F.2d 765 (1991)

RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Stahl, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., argued (John R. Labovitz, David A. Price, Charles F. Monk, Jr., Washington, D.C., Charles A. Hartz, Jr., Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. Co., Richmond, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Paul Kehne, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued (Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fred C. Wagner, Jacques B. Gelin, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief for defendant-appellee U.S.; Richard K.A. Becker, Hogan & Hartson, McLean, Va., William T. Coleman, Donald T. Bliss, Nancy E. McFadden, O'Melveny & Myers, Robert L. Polk, Arnold I. Melnick, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C., on brief for defendant-appellee Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority), for defendants-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company brought this action under the Quiet Title Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a, to quiet title in certain real property in northern Virginia. We find, as did the district court, that the action is barred by the Quiet Title Act's statute of limitations. Therefore, we affirm the district court's dismissal of the action.

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