STERLING NATIONAL BANK OF DAVIE v. CAMP

Nos. 27988, 29424.

431 F.2d 514 (1970)

STERLING NATIONAL BANK OF DAVIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William B. CAMP, Comptroller of the Currency, et al., Defendants-Appellees (2 cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kenny, Hugo L. Black, Jr., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

John N. Mitchell, U.S.Atty.Gen., Robert W. Rust, U.S.Atty., Lloyd G. Bates, Asst.U.S.Atty., C. Westbrook Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Harland F. Leathers, Robert V. Zener, Walter H. Fleischer, Attys., U.S.Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Donald W. Hulmes, Hollywood, Fla., Podhurst & Orseck, Robert Orseck, Aaron Podhurst, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this bank charter contest we decline the parties' insistent invitation to resolve a jorum of preliminary issues. Instead, we assume but do not decide that Sterling Bank has standing to raise the issues here involved and proceed directly to the heart of the matter — the validity of the contested bank charter.

The present controversy began in 1968 when a group of individuals sought a charter from the Comptroller of the Currency...

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