BANKS v. U.S.

Nos. 01-5150 to 01-5185.

314 F.3d 1304 (2003)

John H. BANKS, Mary E. Banks, Robert Cunat, June M. Cunat, Ehret Michigan Trust, Greenbriar Development, George J. Gregule, Jr., Robert J. Kane, Patricia A. Kane, Frank F. Lahr, Charlotte D. Lahr, Notre Dame Path Association, Thelma McKay Trust, Robert F. Pancoast, Pamela S. Pancoast, Dorothy A. Renner, Yolanda P. Stevens, Marcia A. Wineberg, Richard Neuser, Donald R. Chapman, Gail L. Chapman, Frank J. Bunker, MD, L. Richard Marzke, Nancy A. Marzke, Gregory R. Bovee, Candace C. Bovee, J. Thomas Conklin Trust, James W. Errant and Elizabeth S. Errant Trust, Marc Del Mariani, Mary Del Mariani, Richard R. Carter, M. Lynn Carter, Michael R. Anderson, Janice Anderson, Carolynne K. Morvis Trust, Donald D. Miller, Judith E. Miller, Ruth C. Cosgrove Trust, Country, L.L.C., Leonard J. Smith, Herzl Ragins, MD, Roger B. Wilschke, Ann C. Wilschke, Kent Werger, Margaret Werger, Michael S. Walsh, Kay F. Varga aka Kay F. Smith, Victoria L. Jackson, Hyun S. Jyung Trust, Robert D. Melcher, and Maria Melcher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED: January 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Ehret, of Olympia Fields, Illinois, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General; Alan Brenner, and Kathryn E. Kovacs, Attorneys. L. Anthony Pellegrino, Assistant Counsel for Litigation, Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC. Of counsel was Sandra Slack Glover, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, RADER, and LINN, Circuit Judges.


LINN, Circuit Judge.

John H. and Mary E. Banks, along with thirty-five other plaintiffs, seek review of final decisions of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing their individual complaints as barred by the statute of limitations. See Banks et al. v. United States, 49 Fed.Cl. 806 (2001). Because the plaintiffs' claims did not accrue more than six years before their filings, this court reverses and remands...

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