42 U.S.C. § 2278
Section 2278 · Statute of limitations
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 134 S. Ct. 2175 - CTS Corp. v. Waldburger (2014)
Most recently applied in Federal Deposit Insurance v. First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc. (May 2016)
How often courts cite this section
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Except for a capital offense, no individual or person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense prescribed or defined in sections 2274 to 2276 of this title unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years next after such offense shall have been committed.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.