FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK v. U.S.

No. 03-5128.

431 F.3d 1342 (2005)

FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK, First Gibralter Holdings, Inc., and MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., of Houston, Texas, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. With him on the brief was Thomas P. Marinis, Jr. Of counsel on the brief were John D. Taurman and John M. Faust, of Washington DC. Of counsel was Gary L. Leshko, Cozen O'Connor, of New York, New York.

David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief were Stuart E. Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Deputy Director, and Scott D. Austin, Trial Attorney.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case arose from the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and the ensuing regulatory regime, as summarized in United States v. Winstar Corp., 518 U.S. 839, 116 S.Ct. 2432, 135 L.Ed.2d 964 (1996). The United States Court of Federal Claims ruled that the government, in enacting and implementing the 1993 Guarini Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code, breached its contractual obligations to the...

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