Legal Opinion
Resolution Trust Corp. v. Lightfoot
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1991No. 90-1374PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This ease presents a question of great practical, if not theoretical or intellectual, import. Does the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) permit the Resolution *66Trust Corporation (RTC) to remove cases filed in state court to the federal court district in which the state action was pending? Or must RTC remove, if at all, to the District of Columbia or the district in which the principal business of the financial institution controlled by RTC is located? The lawsuits in which RTC is a party are, unfortunately, legion, and the proper…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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