AMER. BANK & TRUST CO. v. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

No. 679.

256 U.S. 350 (1921)

AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY ET AL. v. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1921.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander W. Smith, with whom Mr. T.M. Stevens, Mr. Orville A. Park and Mr. Greene F. Johnson were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Robert S. Parker and Mr. Hollins N. Randolph for appellees:


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by country banks incorporated by the State of Georgia against the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, incorporated under the laws of the United States, and its officers. It was brought in a State Court but removed to the District Court of the United States on the petition of the defendants. A motion to remand was made by the plaintiffs but...

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