Yesterday, Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath granted a request by Washington Mutual (WaMu) shareholders to appoint an independent examiner, to be chosen by the U.S. trustee, to review assets and claims in the company’s bankruptcy case related primarily to the 2008 seizure and sale of WaMu by the FDIC to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 million.

On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed Granite Community Bank, N.A., and appointed the FDIC as receiver.

Yesterday, the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Regulation of the Missouri Division of Finance closed Champion Bank, headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and appointed the FDIC receiver.

On Friday, the OCC closed Unity National Bank, headquartered in Cartersville, Georgia, and the FDIC was named receiver.

On Friday, the Washington Department of Financial Institutions closed Rainier Pacific Bank, headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, and the FDIC was named receiver.

On Friday, the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities closed Columbia River Bank, headquartered in Dalles, Oregon, and the FDIC was named receiver.

CIT Group Inc.

Yesterday, Bank of Elmwood, headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, was closed by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, and the FDIC was named as receiver.

Today, the OTS closed ebank, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and the FDIC was named as receiver.

This afternoon, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an order extending the temporary stay placed by a federal appeals court in New York last week on the sale of Chrysler LLC’s assets to a new company, to be partially owned by Italian automaker Fiat S.p.A., to allow opponents to the sale sufficient time to seek Supreme Court review.