FARRELL v. BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-PORTSMOUTH

No. 90-2132.

929 F.2d 871 (1991)

Julianne FARRELL and Edda Martin, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-PORTSMOUTH, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon J. Rondeau, with whom Stephen J.C. Woods, and Woods Law Office were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Frank P. Spinella, Jr., with whom Hibbard & Spinella, P.A., was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The major question in this appeal is whether, in an action by two debtors' spouses against a creditor, claiming discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ("the Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1691-1691f, the action accrues for statute of limitations purposes when the alleged discriminatory act occurs or when the spouses receive notification of the act. The question requires us to interpret the statutory provision requiring an...

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