Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This case is analogous to and controlled by the opinion in No. 6633, 66 App.D.C. 134, 85 F.(2d) 300, this day announced.
The only distinction between these cases is that Mary E. Quigley, the mother, opened an account in her own name in the Perpetual Building Association prior to August 21, 1924, and on July 9, 1926, she opened another account in her own name. Prior to her death, on about August 21, 1924, and October 9, 1928, signature cards in respect of the accounts were signed by her with the name Frances Q. Whyte appearing above her signature on one of the cards and below her signature on the other card, so that the signature in respect of both accounts read: “The accounts to be theirs as joint owners, subject to the order of either, and balance at death of either to the survivor.” The same allegation appears in the declaration to the effect that there was no intention on the part of Mary E. Quigley, the mother,' of converting these accounts into one of joint ownership with her daughter Frances Q. Whyte, or of giving the defendant any present or future ownership therein. It is alleged that just prior to the death of Mary E. Quigley the defendant wrongfully withdrew from the Perpetual Building Association the entire balance then remaining in the accounts.
There being nothing to distinguish this case from No. 6633, the judgment is affirmed with costs.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D