ZUCKER v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 17-1749.

919 F.3d 649 (2019)

Clifford A. ZUCKER, in his capacity as plan administrator of R&G Financial Corp., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Rolando RODRIGUEZ; Maria Vina; Conjugal Partnership Rodriguez-Vina; Nelida Fundora; Andres I. Perez; Joseph R. Sandoval; Jacqueline Marie Cates-Elledge; Conjugal Partnership Sandoval-Cates; Vicente Gregorio; Carmen A. Martinez; Conjugal Partnership Gregorio-Martinez; Melba Acosta; XL Specialty Insurance Company; Victor J. Galan; Conjugal Partnership Galan-Fundora; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Lurey , with whom Stephen E. Hudson , Todd C. Meyers , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Carlos A. Rodríguez-Vidal , and Goldman Antonetti & Córdova, L.L.C., San Juan, PR, were on brief for appellant.

Joseph Brooks , Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with whom Colleen J. Boles , Assistant General Counsel, and Kathryn R. Norcross , Senior Counsel, were on brief for appellee Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Andrew W. Robertson , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, New York, NY, Roberto A. Cámara-Fuertes , and Ferraiuoli LLC on brief for appellees Joseph R. Sandoval, Jaqueline Marie Cates-Elledge, and Conjugal Partnership Sandoval-Elledge.

Andrés Rivero , Alan H. Rolnick , M. Paula Aguila , Bryan L. Paschal , and Rivero Mestre LLP, Miami, FL, on brief for appellees Rolando Rodriguez, Andres I. Perez, Vicente Gregorio, Melba Acosta-Febo, and Victor J. Galan.

Before Lynch, Stahl, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In 2010, R&G Financial Corporation, a holding company, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy after its primary subsidiary, R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico (the Bank), failed. Weeks prior, Puerto Rican regulators had closed the Bank and named the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as the Bank's receiver. The Bank's failure...

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