SIBLEY v. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 77-1817.

597 F.2d 459 (1979)

John D. SIBLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS, Defendant-Appellee, and Board of Commissioners of the Mississippi State Bar, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Darden, Lester F. Sumners, New Albany, Miss., C. Michael Malski, Amory, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Grady F. Tollison, Mary Ann Connell, Oxford, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans ("Bank") reduced by approximately seventy percent the number of Mississippi attorneys on its list of attorneys approved to conduct loan closings for the Bank. The appellants, an individual attorney and the Commissioners of the Mississippi State Bar, brought this action seeking to enjoin the Bank from cutting down its list. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Bank, and we affirm.

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