Legal Opinion
Cosgrove v. First & Merchants National Bank
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 16, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-0064-RPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
• Plaintiff brings this alleged class action against the defendant First & Merchants National Bank (“F & M”) 1 charging it with violations of the usury statutes of the Commonwealth of Virginia and of the National Bank Act, which incorporates the state usury statutes by reference.2 12 U.S.C. §§ 85, 86 (1970); Va.Code §§ 6.1-320-21, 6.1-326 (Repl.Vol.1973). The matter comes before the Court upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The defendant has moved, in the alternative, for the Court *557to abstain from further…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Baggett v. BullittSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Propper v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dolgow v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robert L. Roper v. Consurve, Inc., D/B/A Bankamericard Center, and Deposit Guaranty National Bank, Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Buford v. H & R Block, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1996
- Fred Fisher v. The First National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Warehouse Home Furnishing Distributors, Inc. v. WhitsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
- Beeman v. MBank Houston, N.A.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1988
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