Legal Opinion
Petrizzo v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 4, 1980No. Civ. 79-2040PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Section 94 of the National Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. § 94, should be repealed or th'e appellate courts should reconsider the constitutionality thereof. In essence, the provision requires that a national bank may be sued only in the district or county where they are established; Mercantile National Bank v. Langdeau, 371 U.S. 555, 83 S.Ct. 520, 9 L.Ed.2d 523 (1963) and, therefore, where it has been chartered and has its principal place of business. Whatever justification existed for the original enactment no longer exists today. In 1889, the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Citizens & Southern National Bank v. BougasSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Odette v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Davis & Cox, a Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. Chester C. Davis, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant/appellant v. Davis & Cox, a Partnership, Chester C. Davis, Maxwell E. Cox, Howard M. Jaffe and Martin Cook, Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants/appellees. Summa Corporation, Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Defendants- Counterclaimants/appellants v. Chester C. Davis, Davis & Cox, Maxwell E. Cox, Howard M. Jaffe and D. Martin Cook, Counterdefendants/appelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Cox v. Summa Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- R. E. Linder Steel Erection Co. v. Alumisteel Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1980
- FDIC v. Hartford Ins. Co. of IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Flagship National Bank of Miami v. Commercial Bank & Trust Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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