Legal Opinion
Agnew v. Board of Governors
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 13, 1946No. 9102PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.
Appellants sought from the District Court a writ of certiorari to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (to which we shall refer as the Board) or, in the alternative, a mandatory injunction, seeking review, of an order of the Board which had removed them from office as directors of the Paterson National Bank of Paterson, New Jersey. The District Court dismissed the complaint.
The substantive controversy revolves around the meaning of the words “primarily engaged” in the following statute:
“No officer, director, or employee of any corporation or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Dobson v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Security Flour Mills Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. AgnewSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Securities Industry Association v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Bankamerica Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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- Virgin Islands Hotel Ass'n v. Virgin Islands Water & Power AuthorityDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1972
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