That means it is up to consumers to know the rules on the statute of limitations, which, he said, can be "an enormously complex legal question".
And remember that the disapproval resolution requires only 51, not 60 votes in the Senate, under the rules of the enabling statute, the Congressional Review Act of 1996 (signed by President Clinton, and part of the Republican "Contract with America").
The case against Ms. True, which dragged on for more than five years, ended abruptly in October after a court ruled that the statute of limitations on the crimes she was accused of had expired.
The case against Ms. True, which dragged on for more than five years, ended in October after a court ruled that the statute of limitations on the crimes she was accused of had expired; her legal team had not yet had the chance to call witnesses in her defense.
Corruption charges against him were dropped in 1997 when a court ruled that the statute of limitations had expired.
(Tidwell denies the accusations, and the case was dismissed after a judge ruled that the statute of limitations on the charges had run out).
ROME - The trial of the American antiquities dealer Robert Hecht ended this week in Rome when a three-judge panel ruled that the statute of limitations on his alleged crimes - receiving artifacts illegally looted from Italy and conspiring to deal in them - had expired.
ROME — The case against Marion True, the former curator of antiquities at the J.Paul Getty Museum, ended abruptly on Wednesday, after a court here ruled that the statute of limitations on her alleged crimes — receiving artifacts stolen from Italy and conspiring to deal in them — had expired.
Supposedly betrayed by a woman, he was rearrested in the 1930s — at the time, he was working as a critic in the theater district under an assumed name — but was freed after a judge ruled that the statute of limitations had run out on the British case).
The Milan owner, Silvio Berlusconi, whose day had started rather better when judges ruled that the statute of limitations had run out in the trial over his alleged bribing of the British lawyer David Mills, did not initially speak to reporters, but later saw an opportunity to revisit a subject he has raised in the past: the use of video technology.
The question of whether or not the picture was authentic never was resolved as a federal district judge in Boston in 1987 ruled that the statute of limitations invalidated Mrs. Wilson's suit.
