Court Opinion

ID: 9483652
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:27:50.418783+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:45.700797
License: Public Domain

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I concur in the court’s opinion insofar as it affirms the conclusion reached on summary judgment that BJC suffered no loss of property- interest.
I concur in the decision that no liberty interest was denied. I do so because plaintiff did not demonstrate the kind of injury to support a liberty interest. Its evidence showed only that it lost the benefit of the particular government loan program. BJC did not prove that its loan-making ability was impaired in other respects (or in general) or that its banking activities other than the making of government guaranteed loans was injured.
I concur in the decision concerning alleged denial of right of access to the courts. The defendants tried to force the bank to settle the dispute concerning the cows before suit was filed, by using as a lever the threat of cutting off loan guarantees. This court’s opinion recognizes that this was improper. But the attempt was unsuccessful. The agency filed suit against the bank, and the case was tried. BJC did not lose the benefit of access to the courts but rather, as a defendant, enjoyed the benefit of the court as a forum in which to settle its dispute.