Legal Opinion
Financial Guaranty Insurance v. City of Fayetteville
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1991No. 90-2808PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC) appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of this case for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The unique factual circumstances that gave rise to this litigation are extraordinarily important to our decision. We rely heavily on the district court’s description of the events that precipitated this litigation.
In early 1980 some governmental units in Northwest Arkansas began considering alternatives to solid waste disposal in land fills. To this end, on August 30, 1980, the Northwest Arkansas Resource…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Financial Guaranty Insurance Company v. The City Of Fayetteville, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991