Legal Opinion
New Hampshire Bankers Association v. Nelson
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided January 19, 1972No. Civ. A. 3355PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOWNES, District Judge.
This case, brought under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, is a three pronged attack on that provision of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, Chapter 390:13, which prohibits trust companies or similar corporations or national banks from advertising or circularizing the fact that they are authorized to act as executors.
The plaintiffs seek a decree adjudging that:
1. The prohibition is null and void as to the national bank plaintiffs on the grounds that federal law preempts the field.
2. The prohibition is null and void as to both national…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Chicago Title Insurance Co. v. HuffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- St. Louis County National Bank v. Mercantile Trust Company National Association and James E. Smith, Comptroller of the Currency of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- American Trust Co. v. South Carolina State Board of Bank ControlDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
- North Dakota v. Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1979
- New Hampshire Bankers Ass'n v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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