Legal Opinion
Franklin Savings Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1999No. 97-3220PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the breadth of the discretionary-function exception to the waiver of sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Plaintiffs, who owned most of the stock of the Franklin Savings Association (FSA or the Association), sued the United States and the Resolution Trust Corporation 1 (RTC), seeking damages allegedly caused by the RTC’s conduct as FSA’s conservator. Before any discovery, the district court dismissed the suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) on the basis that plaintiffs’ claims fell within the FTCA’s…
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