# Opposition Brief — Wright v. Federal Deposit Insurance ex rel. Union Nation Bank of Chicago

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Opposition Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1992
- **Citation:** 504 U.S. 909

## Text

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No. 91-1274

In the Supreme Court of the Guted States

OCTOBER TERM, 1991

LILLIAN WRIGHT, PETITIONER
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, ETC.

ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENT
IN OPPOSITION

KENNETH W. STARR
Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 514-2217
ALFRED J.T. BYRNE
General Counsel
DOROTHY L. NICHOLS
Associate General Counsel
ANN S. DuROsSS
Assistant General Counsel
COLLEEN B. BOMBARDIER
Senior Counsel
JACLYN C. TANER
Counsel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C. 20429

QUESTION PRESENTED

Whether the court of appeals correctly applied the rule
of D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942),
and 12 U.S.C. 1823(e) to allow the FDIC to enforce
promissory notes acquired as receiver of a failed bank,
despite petitioner’s affirmative defenses based on an
unrecorded side agreement.

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Cases:
Campbell Leasing, Inc. v. FDIC, 901 F.2d 1244 (5th Cir.

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Chatham Ventures, Inc. v. FDIC, 651 F.2d 355 (Sth Cir.

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Commerce Federal Savings Bank v. FDIC, 872 F.2d 1240

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D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942)....... 3
FDIC vy. Bracero & Rivera, Inc., 895 F.2d 824 (ist Cir.

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FDIC vy. Caporale, 931 F.2d 1 (st Cir. 1991) ........0.0.0...... 7
FDIC v. Manatt, 922 F.2d 486 (8th Cir.), cert. denied,

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FDIC v. McClanahan, 795 F.2d 512 (5th Cir. 1986)......... 7
FDIC v. McCullough, 911 F.2d 593 (11th Cir. 1990), cert.

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FDIC v. Merchants National Bank, 725 F.2d 634 (11th

Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 829 (1984) ...................0..00. 6
FDIC v. Rivera-Arroyo, 907 F.2d 1233 (st Cir. 1990)...... 7
FDIC vy. State Bank, 893 F.2d 139 (7th Cir. 1990) ........... ~
FDIC ¥. Venture Contractors, Inc., 825 F.2d 143 (7th

arene eis viha” Petitioner suggests in passing (Pet. 24 n.5) that the court of
appeals erred in applying the amended version of Section 1823(e)
to this case. That issue is irrelevant, however, because the D’Oench
doctrine would compel the same result even if Section 1823(e) were
inapplicable. D’Oench has consistently been applied in cases where
the FDIC acted as receiver, see Timberland Design, Inc. v. First
Serv. Bank for Sav., 932 F.2d 46, 49 (1st Cir. 1991) (citing cases),
and thus the 1989 extension of Section 1823(e) to the FDIC in its
receivership capacity merely restated existing law, see Twin
Constr., Inc. v. Boca Raton, Inc., 925 F.2d 378, 382 & n.2 (11th
Cir. 1991); FDIC v. State Bank, 893 F.2d 139, 143 (7th Cir. 1990).

6 The courts of appeals have uniformly rejected similar due
process challenges. See, e.g., Campbell Leasing, Inc. v. FDIC, 901
F.2d 1244, 1248 (5th Cir. 1990); FDIC v. State Bank, 893 F.2d 139,
144 (7th Cir. 1990); Chatham Ventures, Inc. v. FDIC, 651 F.2d
355, 362-363 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 972 (1982).

CONCLUSION

The petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied.

Respectfully submitted.

KENNETH W. STARR
Solicitor General

ALFRED J.T. BYRNE
General Counsel
DOROTHY L. NICHOLS
Associate General Counsel
ANN S. DuROoss
Assistant General Counsel
COLLEEN B. BOMBARDIER
Senior Counsel
JACLYN C. TANER
Counsel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

APRIL 1992

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