Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Bankers Ass', Inc. v. Bowler
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 10, 2005No. Civ.A.03-11522-RWZPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
In May 2000, the Massachusetts Bankers Association, Inc. (“MBA”) requested the opinion of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States (“OCC”), the primary regulator of federally chartered banks, whether the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, 15 U.S.C. § 6701, preempted certain provisions of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act Relative to the Sale of Insurance by Banks, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167F, § 2A. On March 18, 2002, the OCC opined that the provisions were preempted by federal law. Thereafter, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §…
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- Bowler v. HawkeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
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