Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans v. Shell New Orleans Federal Credit Union

|,Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (“Archdiocese”) filed suit May 7, 2001 against Shell New Orleans Federal Credit Union (“Shell”) to collect on checks which had contained unauthorized or missing indorse-ments. Previously, Shell merged with St. Alphonsus Credit Union (“SACU”) oh November 15, 2000.

Allegedly, the Archdiocese drew checks on its account at the Whitney National Bank (“Whitney”). The checks were made out to various payees. The checks came into the possession of George J. Heyd (“Heyd”), treasurer of SACU, who marked these checks “for…