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BATEMAN v. F.D.I.C.

No. 91-1832.

970 F.2d 924 (1992)

David BATEMAN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Everett N. Dobson & Sons, Inc., Party-in-Interest, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Burns with whom A. Robert Ruesch, Lorna J. Harmuth, and Amerling & Burns, Portland, Me., were on brief for appellant.

Christopher J. Bellotto, Counsel, with whom Ann S. DuRoss, Assistant Gen. Counsel, and Colleen B. Bombardier, Senior Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief for defendant, appellee, F.D.I.C.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

State laws normally give a contractor who works on a piece of property a lien against the property (called a "mechanic's lien") to guarantee payment for its work. Such a lien may have priority over even a pre-existing mortgage, i.e., a mortgage created some time before (perhaps years before) the contractor performed the work. Under Maine state law a contractor may obtain a mechanic's lien if (among other things) the contractor carries...

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