Legal Opinion
First Virginia Bank v. Vera Randolph, United States of America and U.S. Department of State
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 12, 1997No. 96-5205PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
May a judgment creditor recover damages against the United States for its wrongful failure to garnish the wages of a government employee who is a judgment debtor? That issue, and a jurisdictional question, are presented in the government’s appeal from the district court’s award of $385.71 in “damages” to First Virginia Bank.
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The State Department began garnishing the wages of its employee, Vera Randolph, in March 1994 after it was served with a writ of attachment. The Bank obtained the writ from the Superior Court of…
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