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.

PER CURIAM.
This appeal questions whether a disappointed bidder for property sold by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in its corporate capacity can challenge the sale. Diercks, the plaintiff below, entered a bid which would have required the FSLIC to pay a five percent broker’s commission. When the five percent commission was netted out from Diercks’ total bid, his bid was $3.00 lower than the winning bid which required no such commission. Diercks challenged the award of the bid on the grounds that he was denied due process because the FSLIC had never given notice that it would take the highest net bid rather than the highest gross bid.
The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation is an independent, federally-created corporation operating under a broad grant of power. The powers given it for management of its own affairs include the power to sue and be sued, the power to hire, fix compensation for, and define the duties of its employees, and the power “[t]o make contracts.” 12 U.S.C. § 1819. Nothing relevant to this suit hinders or in any way circumscribes the FSLIC’s power to make contracts as it sees fit. No bidding is required or mentioned; no procedures are set out to be followed by the FSLIC when acting in its corporate capacity. This should be compared to the relatively detailed requirements set out for the corporation when acting as a receiver. See e. g., 12 U.S.C. §§ 1821, 1822. Clearly, then, Congress intended that the internal affairs of the corporation (i. e., the making of contracts, hiring employees) be left to its unfettered discretion.
In the present case, Diercks sought review of a sale of property by the FSLIC in its corporate capacity. Yet, as we have noted, Congress left the decision of what to sell, how to sell and when to sell to the discretion of the corporation. Thus, the corporation could have sold the property without taking bids or by any other procedure it saw fit. That it chose the reasonable and commendable procedure of accepting bids and choosing the one that provided it with the greatest return is a decision which this court cannot question. Cf. § 10 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701(a)(2) (which prohibits judicial review of agency action “committed to agency discretion by law”) and Ferry v. Udall, 336 F.2d 706, 714 (9th Cir. 1964) (holding that due process does not require a hearing “where only a potential privilege to purchase United States land is involved”). The decision of the district court dismissing the complaint is affirmed.
Affirmed.

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: B