AMENT v. PNC NAT. BANK

Civ. A. Nos. 92-244, 92-302, 92-330, 92-346, 92-357, 92-375, 92-349, 92-398, 92-714, 92-1025, 92-1427.

825 F.Supp. 1243 (1992)

Virginia AMENT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PNC NATIONAL BANK, a national bank, Defendant. Suzanne CAPLAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MELLON BANK (DE) N.A., Defendant. Sara J. SZYDLIK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FIRST OMNI BANK, N.A., Defendant. Barbara S. THOMPSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MARYLAND BANK, a national bank, Defendant. Donald R. SZYDLIK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASSOCIATES NATIONAL BANK, N.A., Defendant. David A. THOMPKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL CENTER, Defendant. Kathleen A. DEFFNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CORESTATES BANK OF DELAWARE, N.A., a national bank, and HOUSEHOLD BANK, a federal savings bank, Defendants. David A. TOMPKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (USA), a Delaware-chartered bank, Defendant. Donald R. SZYDLIK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASSOCIATES NATIONAL BANK (Delaware), Defendant. Barbara BARTLAM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BANK OF AMERICA, a state-chartered bank, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Malakoff, Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for representative and class plaintiffs.

Daniel I. Booker, Thomas L. Allen, Troy Rivetti, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendants, Mellon Bank, (DE), N.A. and First Omni Bank, N.A.

Samuel W. Braver, Mark D. Shepard, Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, for defendants, PNC Nat. Bank, MBNA American Bank, N.A. and Corestates Bank of Delaware, N.A.

Thomas R. Johnson, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendant, Chase Manhattan Bank (USA).

Alan S. Kaplinsky, Burt M. Rublin, Jeffrey S. Saltz, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for defendants, Chase Manhattan Bank (USA) and American Gen. Financial Center.

Kevin Lucas, Manion, McDonough & Lucas, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendant, Household Bank.

William M. Wycoff, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, and Jack S. Auspitz (of counsel), Morrison & Foerster, New York City, for defendants, Associates Nat. Bank, N.A. and Associates Nat. Bank (Delaware).

Gregory M. Harvey, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant, Bank of America NT&SA.

Robert J. Cindrich, Manning J. O'Connor, II, Cindrich & Titus, Pittsburgh, PA, for Greenwood Trust.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEWIS, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

On September 17, 1992, this court heard oral argument on motions to remand pending in a number of cases before it.1 The cases, which are all substantially similar, allege that national banks have improperly assessed certain late fees and overdraft charges against their credit card holders. All of the complaints purport to set forth class actions.

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