Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit January 22, 1981, 80-1281 (Robert P. BIGGANS, Appellant, v. BACHE HALSEY STUART SHIELDS, INC., F/T/A Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc.)

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United States · · · 22-01-1981

WEIS, Circuit Judge,

dissenting.

By its very nature a statute of limitations is arbitrary. It provides a cut-off, embodying a legislative policy decision when a person may be barred from a legal remedy. Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson, 325 U.S. 304, 314, 65 S.Ct. 1137, 1142, 89 L.Ed. 1628 (1945).

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