Legal Opinion
Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1997No. 95-928PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) sued several officers and directors of City Federal Savings Bank, claiming that they had violated the legal standard of care they owed that federally chartered, federally insured institution. The case here focuses upon the legal standard for determining whether or not their behavior was improper. It asks where courts should look to find the standard of care to measure the legal propriety of the defendants’ conduct — to state law, *216to federal common law, or to a special federal (103 Stat. 243, 12 U. S. C. § 1821(k)) that speaks of “gross negligence”? of…
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