GREENWOOD TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard June 3, 1992.
Decided August 6, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arthur R. Miller, with whom Andrew F. Lane, Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr., Warner & Stackpole, Burt M. Rublin, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Alan R. Feldman, and Sullivan & Worcester were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.
Ernest L. Sarason, Jr. and William T. Matlack, Asst. Attys. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., and Sarah Wald, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.
Frank Max Salinger and Robert E. McKew on brief for American Financial Services Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Arnold M. Lerman, Christopher R. Lipsett, John B. Bellinger, III, Kenneth L. Chernof, and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering on brief for Bank of America, et al., amici curiae.
John J. Gill, Michael F. Crotty, and Irving D. Warden on brief for American Bankers Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Ralph J. Rohner, Marcia Z. Sullivan, and Steven I. Zeisel on brief for Consumer Bankers Ass'n, amicus curiae.
L. Richard Fischer, Robert M. Kurucza, Steven S. Rosenthal, James A. Huizinga, and Morrison & Foerster on brief for Visa U.S.A., Inc. and Mastercard Intern. Inc., amici curiae.
Alfred J.T. Byrne, General Counsel, Douglas H. Jones, Sr. Deputy General Counsel, Thomas A. Schulz, Asst. General Counsel, Colleen B. Bombardier, Sr. Counsel, and Lisa M. Miller, Counsel, on brief for F.D.I.C., amicus curiae.
Marsha Kramarck, Deputy Atty. Gen., on brief for Delaware State Bank Com'r, amicus curiae.
Richard P. Eckman, Daniel I. Prywes, Joseph L. Lakshmanan, and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz on brief for Delaware Bankers Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Lee Fisher, Atty. Gen. (Ohio) and Kathleen McDonald O'Malley, Chief Counsel, Office of Atty. Gen., on brief for States of Ohio, Ariz., Ill., La., Nev., S.D. and Utah, amici curiae.
Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen. (Iowa), and Peter R. Kochenburger, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief for States of Ark., Colo., Conn., Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kan., Ky., Maine, Minn., N.J., N.C., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tex., Vt., W.Va. and the District of Columbia, amici curiae.
Michael M. Malakoff, Ellen Doyle, Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, Nicholas E. Chimicles, Michael D. Donovan, Robin Resnick and Greenfield & Chimicles on brief for Bankcard Holders of America, et al., amici curiae.
James C. Sturdevant, Kim E. Card, Sturdevant & Sturdevant, and Gail Hillebrand on brief for Consumer Action and Consumers Union, amici curiae.
Albert Endsley, Steven W. Hamm, and Philip S. Porter on brief for National Ass'n of Consumer Credit Administrators and American Conference of Uniform Consumer Credit Code States, amici curiae.
Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, LAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and PIERAS, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This train wreck of a case arises out of a headlong collision between a state consumer-protection law and a federal banking law. It brings into sharp focus the tensions inherent in our federalist system while presenting a novel legal question: can a federally insured bank, chartered in Delaware, charge its Massachusetts credit-card customers a late fee on delinquent accounts, notwithstanding a Massachusetts...
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