ALLIANCE OF DESCENDANTS v. U.S.

Nos. 93-5140, 93-5141.

37 F.3d 1478 (1994)

ALLIANCE OF DESCENDANTS OF TEXAS LAND GRANTS (for themselves and a class of other individuals similarly situated, totalling 1064), and Blanca Rosa Villarreal Aguirre (for themselves and a class of other individuals similarly situated, totalling 200), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined December 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Cooper Brown, Atty., Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Washington, DC, argued, for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Willard G. Holgate. Of counsel was Stephen J. Schnably.

Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued, for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Lois J. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Martin W. Matzen and Silvia Sepulveda-Hambor.

Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined December 7, 1994.

RADER, Circuit Judge.

The United States Court of Federal Claims held that the statute of limitations bars the takings claims of Blanca Rose Villarreal Aguirre and the Alliance of Descendants of Texas Land Grants. Alliance of Descendants of Texas Land Grants v. United States, 27 Fed.Cl. 837 (1993) (Alliance). Because 28 U.S.C. § 2501 (1988 & Supp. V 1993) applies...

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