Legal Opinion
OneWest Bank, N.A. v. Robert W. Melina
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 2016No. Docket 15-3063PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Per curiam
Today we join our sister circuits in holding that, for purposes of subject matter jurisdiction, a national bank is a citizen only of the state in which its main office is located.
The facts underlying this case are straightforward. On February 26, 2007, Defendant-Appellant Robert W. Melina (“Melina”) obtained and memorialized in a note (the “Note”) a loan from Wall Street Mortgage Bankers Ltd. for $591,000 in principal. As security for this loan, Melina executed a mortgage on his property at 1245 77th Street in Brooklyn, New York. Wall Street Mortgage Bankers indorsed the Note to the order of…
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