American Heritage Bancorp v. United States

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

Currently pending before the court are two motions by plaintiff American Heritage Bancorp (“AHB”). The first is AHB’s August 15, 2002 motion to strike or dismiss defendant United States’s (“government’s”) defenses and counterclaims in this Winstar-related litigation. AHB contends that the government’s defenses and counterclaims to its breach of contract claims should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under 12(b)(1) of the Rules of thé United States Court of Federal Claims (“Rules” or “RCFC”). In the alternative, AHB asserts that the government’s counterclaims…