Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:
Section 13-217 of the Civil Practice Act provides that a cause of action which is dismissed by a United States district court judge for lack of jurisdiction must be refiled within one year from the date of dismissal. See 735 ILCS 5/13-217 (West 1992 & Supp. 1997). The statute contains no tolling provision for the time the dismissal is being appealed. The issue here is whether the statute means what it says.<...
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