Iowa Independent Bankers, an Iowa Nonprofit Corporation v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Northwest Bancorporation, Intervenor

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Iowa Independent Bankers (Iowa Bankers), an association of over 400 Iowa banks, petitions this court to set aside an order of respondent, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), approving the acquisition of two Iowa banks by Northwest Bancorporation (Northwest). Petitioner argues principally that the Iowa statute authorizing the acquisition violates the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, conflicts with federal law governing bank holding companies, and violates certain provisions of the Iowa Constitution. We reject petitioner’s…