Judith Diane Duff Leach, Etc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Bodyless souls do not walk with feet of clay. Without feet, they cannot stand. The Plaintiffs-Appellants in this case would have us don sovereign robes and create feet of clay for them. We shall not array ourselves with such fine garments, and thus we will not, and cannot, accede to the Plaintiffs’ request. 1
Plaintiffs are minority shareholders of the Seminole State National Bank (“Bank”). The Appellees-Defendants include former directors and officers of the failed Bank 2 , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in its capacity as Receiver of the failed Bank, and…
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