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:
The district judge, D.C., 325 F.Supp. 523, enjoined the Comptroller of the Currency from issuing a certificate to Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N. A. evidencing approval of the establishment of a branch bank in the Hickory Plaza Shopping Center, Catawba County, North Carolina, and enjoined Wach-ovia from opening the branch. Relief was granted because of the Comptroller’s express declination to make the findings required by N.C.G.S. § 53-62 (b) which, in First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company v. Camp, 409 F.2d 1086 (4 Cir. 1969), we held he was required to make in order to permit the establishment of a branch bank in North Carolina. The Comptroller and Wachovia appeal, and we affirm.
In addition to requesting us to reconsider our decision in First-Citizens, the Comptroller advances as a ground for reversal the argument that he is not bound to consider the North Carolina “need and convenience” test for the establishment of a branch bank, because it is his duty to exercise his discretion under federal law to permit the establishment of branch banks in the light of federal policies expressed in the federal antitrust statutes to foster competition; and he has concluded that “[t]he entry of Wachovia * * * into the Hickory/Catawba County area * * will bring another strong and able competitor to the Hickory banking market * * * [and] will stimulate the existing banks to maintain and improve their services in an effort to maintain their market shares.” The short answer to this contention is that we perceive no conflict between the policies of the federal antitrust statutes and the North Carolina “need and convenience” test for the establishment of a branch bank, particularly where, as here, the Comptroller has also found that “[t]here is no evidence that Wachovia’s entry will damage the stability of any banks in the area.” See North Carolina ex rel. Banking Commission v. Bank of Rocky Mount, N.C. App., 182 S.E.2d 625 (1971).
We reaffirm our holding in First-Citizens. See, as additional support, First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson, 396 U.S. 122, 130, 131, 90 S.Ct. 337, 24 L.Ed.2d 312 (1969). And we reiterate that the Comptroller “was bound by North Carolina’s ‘need and convenience’ and ‘solvency of the branch’ criteria” as set forth in § 53-62(b). 409 F.2d at 1091. From this it follows, as the district judge concluded, that when the Comptroller expressly declined to make the findings required by § 53-62(b), although he made numerous other findings, he acted arbitrarily and capriciously in approving Wachovia’s application to establish a branch in the Hickory Plaza Shopping Center; and his action was correctly enjoined.
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