Legal Opinion

United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 17, 1975No. 73-1933PublishedCited by 153 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart

For many years the State of Georgia restricted banks located in cities from opening branches in suburban areas. To circumvent these restrictions in the Atlanta area, the Citizens & Southern National Bank (C&S National) formed the Citizens & Southern Holding Company (C&S Holding), and the latter company embarked on a program of forming de jacto branch banks in the suburbs of Atlanta. This program involved, among other features, ownership by C&S Holding of 5 percent of the stock of each of the suburban banks (the maximum allowed by state law), ownership of much of the remaining stock by parties…

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