Supreme Court of the United States

Franconia Associates v. United States

June 10, 2002536 U.S. 129

Summary

The Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit, holding that ELIHPA constituted an anticipatory repudiation of loan contracts rather than an immediate breach. Consequently, the six-year statute of limitations under the Tucker Act does not begin to run upon the statute's enactment but accrues when a borrower tenders prepayment and the government dishonors it.