AMERICAN BANK AND TRUST CO. OF OPELOUSAS v. DENT

No. 91-4970 Summary Calendar.

982 F.2d 917 (1993)

The AMERICAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF OPELOUSAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred C. DENT, etc., et al., Defendants, Lynda Drake, In Her Capacity as Commissioner of Financial Institutions for the State of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Garner, Dermot S. McGlinchey, David S. Willenzik, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Roy A. Mongrue, Jr., La. Dept. of Justice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, LA, Gary Lindsay Newport, Sr. Atty., La Office of Financial Institutions, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendant-appellee.

Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant American Bank & Trust Company of Opelousas, Louisiana (American Bank) brought this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana seeking a declaratory judgment that a Louisiana statute allegedly prohibiting it from selling insurance was unconstitutional, and an injunction against any acts by the Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions to enforce the statute. The district court...

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