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Case 1:99-cv-04451-ECH

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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
No. 99-4451 L c/w 99-4453L, 99-4454L, 99-4455L, 99-4456L, 99-4457L, 99-4458L, 99-4459L, 99-44510L, 99-44511L, 99-44512L, 00-365L, 00-379L, 00-380L, 00-381L, 00-382L, 00-383L, 00-384L, 00385L, 00-386L, 00-387L, 00-388L, 00-389L, 00-390L, 00-391L, 00-392L, 00-393L, 00394L, 00-395L, 00-396L, 00-398L, 00-399L, 00-400L, 00-401L, 04-277L, 05-1353L, 051381L, 06-72L (E-Filed: April 20, 2007) _________________________________ ) JOHN H. BANKS, ET AL., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) 99-4451 L ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ) _________________________________ ) ) STONE, ERROL L. and SUSAN H. ) As Trustees of the Susan H. Stone Trust, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) 04-277 L ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ) _________________________________ ) ) EUGENE J. FRETT, Individually and ) as Trustee of the Victor J. Horvath ) and Frances B. Horvath Trust, ) )

Case 1:99-cv-04451-ECH

Document 188

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) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ) _________________________________ )

Plaintiff,

05-1353 L

ORDER The court has before it defendant's Motion to Partially Dismiss and Memorandum in Support Thereof (Motion or Def.'s Mot.), filed on February 26, 2007, Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Motion to Partially Dismiss and Memorandum in Support Thereof, filed on March 21, 2007, and Defendant's Reply to Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Motion to Partially Dismiss, filed on April 9, 2007. Defendant moves the court to dismiss seventeen "of the claims brought by the plaintiffs for failure to file complaints timely before this [c]ourt as required under 28 U.S.C. § 2501 [(2000)]." Def.'s Mot. 1. In its Opinion, the Federal Circuit held that "[w]ith the mitigation efforts underway, the accrual of plaintiffs' claims remained uncertain until the Corps' 1996 Report, 1997 Report, and 1999 Report [Reports] collectively indicated that erosion was permanent and irreversible." Banks v. United States (Banks II), 314 F.3d 1304, 1310 (Fed. Cir. 2003). The parties are directed to provide the court the date of publication of the 1999 Report (or, if the parties cannot agree, with their different dates, together with a statement of the reasons therefor) on or before Friday, April 27, 2007, to facilitate the court's ruling on defendant's Motion. IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Emily C. Hewitt EMILY C. HEWITT Judge