HOLMES FIN. ASSOCIATES v. RESOLUTION TRUST CORP.

No. 93-5911.

33 F.3d 561 (1994)

HOLMES FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION, as Receiver for Metropolitan Federal Bank, F.S.B., and as Receiver for Metropolitan Federal Savings & Loan Association, F.A., Defendants-Appellants, L. Hall Jones, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Alan Hanover, Jeffrey S. Rosenblum (argued and briefed), Michael E. Goldstein, Douglas R. Pyne, Hanover, Walsh, Jalenak & Blair, Memphis, TN, for Holmes Financial Associates, Inc.

Leo Bearman, Jr., R. Mark Glover, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, Thomas R. Dyer, Memphis, TN, William E. Long, Jr., Walt, Dyer & James, Nashville, TN, Jacqueline R. Helmberger, Kirk K. Van Tine (briefed), Wendy J. Lang (argued), Baker & Botts, Washington, DC, Andrew B. Williams, II, Resolution Trust Corp., Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Ehrlich, Munsell St. Clair, Resolution Trust Corp., Washington, DC, P. Matthew Sutko (briefed), Washington, DC, for Resolution Trust Corp.

Before: JONES, SUHRHEINRICH, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented is whether, under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), Pub.L. No. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183 (1989) (codified in scattered sections of Title 12 of the United States Code), federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over suits against the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) as receiver for a failed savings and loan, which suits were filed in state court prior to the RTC's appointment as...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases