Legal Opinion

Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank of Montgomery, N.A.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 25, 1982No. 81-7556PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRITT, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is whether a bank is prohibited under the 1970 Amendments to the Bank Holding Company Act, 12 U.S.C. §§ 1972-75 (1976), from conditioning additional credit on a change of corporate management and majority stock ownership. Parsons Steel, Inc. of Montgomery was a wholly owned subsidiary of the plaintiff company, Parsons Steel, Inc., of Mobile, owned by co-plaintiffs Melba and Jim Parsons. The subsidiary had been heavily financed on an on-going basis since 1976 by the defendant First Alabama Bank of Montgomery. By the fall of 1978, the bank had…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Arthur Swerdloff and Louis Swerdloff v. Miami National Bank, a National Banking AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  2. Paul Kermit Costner, Jr. v. The Blount National Bank of Maryville, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  3. Larry E. Clark and J. Elliott Knoll v. United Bank of Denver National Association, a National Banking AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
  4. Willis M. Duryea, Jr. v. The Third Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, a National Banking Association Bruce Winslow, John Doe and Mary RoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. Robert G. McCoy Linda E. McCoy and James A. McCoy v. The Franklin Savings Association and Mortgage Management CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Mid-State Fertilizer Co., Lasley Kimmel, and Maxine Kimmel v. Exchange National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  3. Rhett G. Campbell, Trustee, Joseph C. Canizaro, Intervenor-Appellant v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Rebecca Otwell Baggett, Teressa Latrelle Otwell, Frances Otwell Bagby v. First National Bank of GainesvilleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  5. Joseph Rae v. Union Bank, a Banking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984

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