Opinion ID: 448229
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Heading: standard of review

Text: 5 In reviewing a grant of summary judgment, we decide whether there exists any material disputed fact and whether the substantive law was correctly applied. Amaro v. Continental Can Co., 724 F.2d 747, 749 (9th Cir.1984). The parties do not contest the fact that the appellants' cause of action accrued long before six years prior to the commencement of this action. Therefore, the sole question is whether the district court applied the appropriate statute of limitations, a question of law. Aragon v. Federated Department Stores, 750 F.2d 1447, 1449 (9th Cir.1985); Edwards v. Teamsters Local Union No. 36, 719 F.2d 1036, 1039 (9th Cir.1983), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 104 S.Ct. 1599, 80 L.Ed.2d 130 (1984). Decisions of law are reviewed de novo. United States v. McConney, 728 F.2d 1195, 1201 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 105 S.Ct. 101, 83 L.Ed.2d 46 (1984).