Federal Deposit Insurance Ex Rel. FSLIC Resolution Fund v. Israel

ORDER RE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

KELLER, District Judge.

Cross-claim defendant Touche Ross & Co. moves to dismiss the cross-complaint for indemnification. One of the grounds asserted in the motion is that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the claims. Other third-party cross-claim defendants have joined in the motion to dismiss. On February 28, 1990, this Court issued an order for further briefing on the impact of FIRREA, 12 U.S.C. § 1819(b)(2), upon the jurisdiction of the Court over third-party claims. Because proper jurisdiction is a prerequisite to the Court’s adjudication…