What is the effect of the statute of limitation on timely litigation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Styne v. Stevens, 109 Cal.Rptr.2d 14, 26 Cal.4th 42, 26 P.3d 343 (Cal. 2001):
As the United States Supreme Court recently stated in another context, "the object of a statute of limitation in keeping `stale litigation out of the courts,' ... would be distorted if the statute were applied to bar an otherwise legitimate defense to a timely lawsuit, for limitation
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statutes `are aimed at lawsuits, not at the consideration of particular issues in lawsuits.'..." (Beach v. Ocwen Fed. Bank (1998) 523 U.S. 410, 415-416, 118 S.Ct. 1408, 140 L.Ed.2d 566.)[109 Cal.Rptr.2d 23]
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