BANK ONE CHICAGO, N. A. v. MIDWEST BANK & TRUST CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Long, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Mark A. Weiss and Jeffrey S. Blumenthal.

Jeffrey P. Minear argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Bender, Mark B. Stern, and Douglas B. Jordan.

Robert G. Epsteen argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Alan H. Zenoff and A. J. Zenoff.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia, J., joined in part. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined, p. 276. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, p. 279.