continual ill effects from original violation do not constitute continuing violation
How later courts described this case
- continual ill effects from original violation do not constitute continuing violation
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge,
concurring specially:
I concur in the judgment and the majority opinion except with respect to the discussion of plaintiffs’ theory of continuing wrong.
While I have lingering doubts as to whether plaintiffs alleged a continuing wrong by reason of the moratorium so as to remove the bar of the statute of limitations, see Gordon v. City of Warren, 579 F.2d 386 (6 Cir.1978), I feel it is unnecessary to reach this issue because I am persuaded that plaintiffs sustained no injury within three years prior to the filing of suit. The majority has pointed out in n. 4 of the majority opinion that it is unlikely that after the spring of 1973 plaintiffs expended sums that were not minimal as a result of the moratorium. In their complaint, plaintiffs did not plead any expenditures within the three-year period prior to filing suit, and more importantly in their affidavits in opposition to defendants’ motion for summary judgment, they adduced no such proof. Indeed the affidavits appear to confirm that plaintiffs’ sole damage claim is loss of profits and the initial cost of installation of the central sewer system. If the alleged continuing wrong occasioned no continuing or further injury, I think the suit is time-barred.