Legal Opinion
1st Home Liquidating Trust v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 22, 2009No. 2008-5050, 2008-5056PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
In this Winstar-related case, the United States (“Government”) appeals from the final judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims, which held that the Government’s enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) breached the Government’s contractual promise to allow favorable accounting treatment of supervisory goodwill. Because no contract existed between the Government and 1st Home, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
The detailed history of the events that led to the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, and subsequently to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Winstar Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Winstar Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Castle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by37 opinions
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