First Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, (Two Cases)

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, First Wisconsin Bank-shares Corporation, is a Wisconsin corporation with its office and principal place of business in Milwaukee. It is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. §§ 1841-1848). This court is asked to review, pursuant to section 9 of the act, 12 U.S.C. § 1848, orders of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System denying petitioner’s applications for prior approval by the Board of proposed acquisitions of eighty per cent or more of the voting shares of two Wisconsin state banks, the…