WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK IN JEFFERSON PARISH
v.
BANK OF NEW ORLEANS & TRUST CO. ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 12, 1964.
Decided January 18, 1965.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Dean Acheson argued the cause for petitioner in No. 26. With him on the briefs were Malcolm L. Monroe, Brice M. Clagett and Walter J. Suthon III.
Ralph S. Spritzer argued the cause for petitioner in No. 30. On the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Philip B. Heymann, Morton Hollander and David L. Rose.
Edward L. Merrigan argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent banks were A. J. Waechter, Jr., James W. Bean and Charles W. Lane. With him on the brief for respondent Louisiana State Bank Commissioner was Joseph H. Kavanaugh, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana.
Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by James F. Bell for the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, and by Horace R. Hansen for the Independent Bankers Association.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit is a facet of the complicated controversy between the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans (Whitney-New Orleans) and three of its state-chartered banking competitors over the establishment by Whitney-New Orleans of a national bank (Whitney-Jefferson) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which adjoins the Parish of Orleans. In order to avoid the restrictions of the...
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