Equitable Tolling of Statutory Benefit Time Limitations: A Congressional Intent Analysis

Authors

David D. Doran

Abstract

Courts toll time limitations that limit a statutory right to sue when tolling is consonant with congressional intent. Courts have left open, however, whether to extend this congressional intent analysis to toll time limitations that limit a statutory right to receive a benefit. This Comment analyzes how the United States Supreme Court's 1988 decision in INS v. Pangilinan affects the power of courts to equitably toll time limitations limiting the application period for a statutory benefit. The Comment concludes that these benefit time limitations should be tollable when they are consonant with congressional intent.

First Page

681

Recommended Citation

David D. Doran, Comment, Equitable Tolling of Statutory Benefit Time Limitations: A Congressional Intent Analysis, 64 Wash. L. Rev. 681 (1989).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol64/iss3/6