Maniere v. United States

OPINION

YOCK, Judge.

This case comes before the Court on the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The plaintiff, James L. Maniere, is seeking recovery of his investment as a shareholder in the now defunct First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pontiac, Michigan, which the Government placed in receivership and ultimately closed. Specifically, the plaintiff asserts a claim based in contract as a third-party beneficiary to the Government’s contract with First Federal Savings and Loan Association and, as an alternative, a claim based on a Fifth Amendment taking of property theory. In the instant…