FIRST HARTFORD CORP. PENSION PLAN & TRUST v. U.S.

No. 99-5032.

194 F.3d 1279 (1999)

FIRST HARTFORD CORPORATION PENSION PLAN & TRUST, on behalf of itself, Dollar Dry Dock Bank of New York, and all other similarly situated shareholders of Dollar Dry Dock Bank of New York, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric W. Bloom, Winston & Strawn, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Thomas M. Buchanan and Charles B. Klein. Of counsel on the brief was Ralph E. Frable, Attorney at Law, of Washington, DC.

Shalom Brilliant, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and David M. Cohen, Director.

John V. Thomas, Associate General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, of Washington, DC, amicus curiae for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. With him on the brief were Dorothy Ashley Doherty, Counsel, and John M. Dorsey, III, Counsel.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, MICHEL and PLAGER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MICHEL. Chief Judge MAYER dissents-in-part.

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

First Hartford Corporation Pension Plan & Trust ("First Hartford") is a shareholder of Dollar Dry Dock Bank of New York ("Dollar"), a state-chartered mutual savings bank that resulted from the merger of two financially troubled savings banks. As a condition of the merger, the two banks entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance...

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