RODRIGUEZ v. F.D.I.C.

No. 18-1269.

140 S.Ct. 713 (2020)

Simon E. RODRIGUEZ, as Chapter 7 Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of United Western Bancorp, Inc., Petitioner v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, as Receiver for United Western Bank.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Haynes , Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Denver, CO, Neal Kumar Katyal , Mitchell P. Reich , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Schmidt , Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Nicholas J. Podsiadly , General Counsel, Floyd I. Robinson , Deputy General Counsel, Colleen J. Boles , Assistant General Counsel, J. Scott Watson , Senior Counsel, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Michael R. Huston , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Joseph Brooks , Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


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