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Atherton Vs. Fdic

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 14, 1997

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  1. Bowerman Vs. Hamner US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1919
  2. Howard Vs. Lyons US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1959
  3. Banco Nacional De Cuba Vs. Sabbatino US Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1964
  4. Briggs Vs. Spaulding US Supreme Court · May 25, 1891
  5. WheeldIn Vs. Wheeler US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1963
  6. U.S. 213 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Atherton V. Federal
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  7. k). The federal common-law corporate governance standard enunciated in cases such as Briggs v. Spaulding
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  8. U. S. 132 , applied to federally chartered banks, but does not survive this Court's later decision in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  9. create a significant conflict with, or threat to, some federal policy or interest. See, e. g., O'Melveny & Myers v. FDIC
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  10. common law (which the Circuit found applicable in the case of federally chartered banks). Resolution Trust Corp. v. Cityfed
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  11. statute, sought certiorari. Compare Resolution Trust Corp. v. Frates
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  12. did once articulate federal commonlaw corporate governance standards, applicable to federally chartered banks. Briggs v. Spaulding
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  13. U. S. 132 (1891). See also Martin v. Webb
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  14. S. 504 (1919). But the Court found its rules of decision in federal common law long before it held, in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  15. of a special federal rule of decision. See Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff
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  16. O'Melveny & Myers v. FDIC
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  17. U. S. 79 , 87 (1994) (quoting Wheeldin v. Wheeler
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  18. not the federal courts. Wallis v. Pan
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  19. O'Melveny, supra, at 87. See also United States v. Kimbell
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  20. Kamen v. Kemper
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  21. standard. Compare Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Mason
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  22. F.2d 548,551-552 (CA3 1940) (applying standard similar to simple negligence), with Washington Bancorporation v. Said
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  23. laws that taxed the federal bank in an effort to weaken it. This Court held those taxes unconstitutional. McCulloch v. Maryland
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  24. See also Osborn v. Bank
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  25. A. Pollard, J. Passaic, K. Ellis, & J. Daly, Banking Law in the United States 16 (1988). See also Briscoe v. Bank
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  26. of June 3, 1864, ch. 106, 13 Stat. 99 (only federally chartered banks can issue national currency). See also Veazie v. Fenno
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  27. in 1870 and thereafter this Court held that federally chartered banks are subject to state law. See National Bank v. Commonwealth
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  28. The Court subsequently found numerous state laws applicable to federally chartered banks. See, e. g., Davis v. Elmira
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  29. St. Louis v. Missouri
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  30. Wichita Royalty Co. v. City
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  31. Anderson Nat. Bank v. Luckett
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  32. California Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. v. Guerra
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  33. Edgar v. MITE
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  34. the standard of care governing officers and directors of federally chartered banks. See Resolution Trust Corporation v. Chapman
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  35. Milwaukee v. Illinois
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  36. Boyle v. United
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  37. United States v. Standard
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  38. U. S. 398, 425 (1964) (relationships with other countries). See also Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff
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  39. to recognize federal common law appear at least as strong as, if not stronger than, those present here. E. g., Wallis v. Pan
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  40. common-law standards enunciated in cases such as Briggs did not survive this Court's later decision in Erie v. Tompkins
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  41. conduct that is less culpable than gross negligence such as simple negligence. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. McSweeney
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  42. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Canfield
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  43. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Swager
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  44. and that of Senator Garn, six weeks before Congress voted on the law. 135 Congo Rec. 12374 (1989). Contrast Clarke v. Securities
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  45. Syllabus Atherton V. Federal
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  46. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  47. Resolution Trust Corp. v. Cityfed
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  48. Compare Resolution Trust Corp. v. Frates
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  49. Martin v. Webb
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  50. See Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff
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