Legal Opinion
Government National Mortgage Association v. Tyre Lee Terry, Individually, and in His Capacity of Clerk, Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1979No. 77-1785PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
We are confronted with a question of first impression which is quite simply stated and intuitively resolved, but unfortunately much less easily placed within the relevant statutory framework. We must determine whether the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) is an agency for purposes of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1345 and thus able to sue as a plaintiff in federal district court solely on the basis of that status.
In this case Ginnie Mae has sued to recover its loss that allegedly resulted from an error committed by the defendant, Tyre Lee Terry, Clerk of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. National City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Murphy v. Colonial Federal Savings And Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Howard Jackson v. Tennessee Valley Authority and Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
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