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· 11/4/1991

Citizens State Bank of Lometa v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver of North Central National Bank

Citations

  • 946 F.2d 408
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 26152

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \The salient fact here is that Citizens' rights and claim against [the failed bank] originated from the standby letters of credit issued by [the bank] long before [its] insolvency was declared.\
  • “The salient fact here is that Citizens’ rights and claim against [the failed bank] originated from the standby letters of credit issued by [the bank] long before [its] insolvency was declared.”
  • distribution of assets of insolvent national bank is governed by federal law
  • when a claim is contingent and provable, “[n]othing in section 194, Merrill, or American Surety Co., requires a holding ... that [a bank’s] obligation to pay a fixed amount upon the occurrence of a specific event is obviated by its insolvency predating the triggering event”

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Judges: King, Duhé, Schwartz

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