Legal Opinion

Suess v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 7, 2008No. 2007-5070, 2007-5071PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

This is a shareholder derivative suit growing out of our decision in Winstar Corp. v. United States, 64 F.3d 1531 (Fed.Cir.1995) (en banc) (“Winstar I”), aff'd, 518 U.S. 839, 116 S.Ct. 2432, 135 L.Ed.2d 964 (1996). The United States appeals from the final judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims awarding C. Robert Suess and other former shareholders (collectively “Suess”) 1 of Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Association (“Franklin”) $52,008,750 in damages for two separate breaches of contract. Suess v. United States, 74 Fed.Cl. 510 (2006)…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. Winstar Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Glendale Federal Bank, Fsb, Plaintiff-Cross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
  3. Bluebonnet Savings Bank, F.S.B., Stone Capital, Inc. (Formerly Known as Cfsb Corporation), and James M. Fail v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
  4. Coast Federal Bank, Fsb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
  5. California Federal Bank, Fsb, Plaintiff-Cross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. 1st Home Liquidating Trust v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
  4. Vargas v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
  5. Slattery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009

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