Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Evans v. Georgia
469 U.S. 826
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-10-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that ignorance of legal rights will not toll a statute
- "28 U.S.C. § 2501 is not tolled by the Indians' ignorance of their legal rights."
- Rule 59 does not contemplate relief when issue presented could have been, but was not, raised previously
- "agency” does not encompass individual government officials such as United States attorneys for purposes of the Privacy Act
Citator
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- 206 opinions
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.