BRADSHAW

v.

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Citator

Cited By (33 total)

• Sierra Club v. Secretary OF the Army, 820 F.2d 513 (1st Cir. 1987)
  …1168 (D.D.C.1985), we decline to join them. To be sure, “section 2412 is a limited waiver of sovereign immunity [and as such] it is to be narrowly construed and strictly observed.” Lane v. United States, 727 F. 2d 18, 20-21 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 829, 105 S.Ct. 113, 83 L.Ed.2d 57 (1984). Nevertheless, after giving due weight to this precept, we find that settled rules of statutory construction and the purpose and underlying public policy of the statute conduce to a more expansive reading of the…
• Muthig v. Brant Point Nantucket, Inc., 838 F.2d 600 (1st Cir. 1988)
  …pect to another. See Szabo Food Service, Inc. v. Canteen Corp., 823 F. 2d 1073, 1077-79 (7th Cir.1987). A court, for example, always has jurisdiction to consider its own jurisdiction, Lane v. United States, 727 F. 2d 18, 21 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 829, 105 S.Ct. 113, 83 L.Ed.2d 57 (1984), and it has jurisdiction to punish with sanctions any abuse of its process committed during such consideration. Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper, 447 U.S. 752, 100 S.Ct. 2455, 65 L.Ed.2d 488 (1980). As the Seventh…
• Grubb v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. (successor-in-interest to First Nat'l Bank & Tr. Co. of Okla. City), 868 F.2d 1151 (10th Cir. 1989)
  …e FDIC tries to avoid this option, however, because it decreases public confidence in the banking system and may deprive depositors of the uninsured portions of their funds. FDIC v. Merchants Nat’l Bank, 725 F. 2d 634, 637 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 829, 105 S.Ct. 114, 83 L.Ed.2d 57 (1984). The second, and preferred, alternative is to initiate a “purchase and assumption” transaction (P & A). In this type of transaction, the FDIC as receiver arranges to sell acceptable assets of the failed bank to…

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