Resolution Trust Corporation v. Westgate Partners Ltd’s Empirical Analysis
937 F.2d 526 · 1991
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably Turner v. Davis, Gillenwater & Lynch (1993), Hellon & Associates, Inc. v. Phoenix Resort Corp. (1992)
20 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1441A · 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406 · 28 U.S.C. § 1631
Relies on United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · Rector Etc of Holy Trinity Church v. United States · American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(l) Power to remove; jurisdiction (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil action, suit, or proceeding to which the Corporation [RTC] is a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the United States district courts shall have original jurisdiction over such action, suit, or proceeding. (2) Corporation as party The Corporation shall be substituted as a party in any civil action, suit, or proceeding to which its predecessor in interest was a party with respect to institutions which are subject to the management agreement dated February 7, 1989, among the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (3)Removal and remand The Corporation may, without bond or security, remove any such action, suit, or proceeding from a State court to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or if the action, suit, or proceeding arises out of the actions of the Corporation with respect to an institution for which a conservator or a receiver has been appointed, the United States district court for the district where the institution’s principal business is located. The removal of any action, suit, or proceeding shall be instituted— (A) not later than 90 days after the date the Corporation is substituted as a party, or (B) not later than 30 days after the date suit is filed against the Corporation, if such suit is filed after August 9, 1989.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a plain language interpretation would lead to an outcome so 'absurd' that Congress clearly could not have intended such an outcome”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Subsection 1441a(l)] provides that suits by or against the RTC shall arise under the laws of the United States and can be removed to the District Court of the District of Columbia or if the suit arises out of actions by the RTC with respect to an institution for which a conservator or receiver has been appointed in the District Court in which the institution’s principal place of business is located.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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