NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has ruled that the plaintiffs’ claims in a class action lawsuit against the Congregation of Christian Brothers were barred by the statute of limitations.

Because the bulk of the plaintiffs’ claims against CCB, the Order of the Sisters of Mercy Catholic Religious Order and Mercy International Association are no longer cognizable under the Alien Tort Statute, and the remaining federal claims are barred by the statute of limitations, the panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the class action lawsuit, according to an opinion filed Dec. 8 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.