HEATON v. MONOGRAM CREDIT CARD BANK OF GEORGIA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Plotkin (argued), Meyer H. Gertler, Gertler, Gertler, Vincent & Plotkin, Todd Robert Slack, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Sherif K. Sakla, Sakla & Slack, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Anthony Joseph Rollo, Jr., David S. Willenzik, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, Arthur R. Miller, Cambridge, MA, Michael H. Rubin, McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, LA, Alan S. Kaplinsky (argued), Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Washington, DC, Burt M. Rublin, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jan Timothy Chilton, Severson & Werson, San Francisco, CA, for Conference of State Bank Supervisors, State of Georgia, Dept. of Banking and Finance and State of Louisiana, Financial Institutions, Amicus Curiae.

Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., The George Washington University, School of Law, Washington, DC, for Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Amicus Curiae.

Daniel M. Formby, State of Georgia, Dept. of Law, Atlanta, GA, for State of Georgia, Dept. of Banking & Finance, Amicus Curiae.

Gary Lindsay Newport, State of Louisiana, Office of Financial Institutions, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana, Office of Financial Institutions, Amicus Curiae.

Barbara Reesa Sarshik (argued), Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., Washington, DC, for Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., Amicus Curiae.

Mark B. Blocker, Michelle L. Woollen, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, James A. Huizinga, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for American Financial Services Ass'n, American Bankers Ass'n and Consumer Bankers Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Isabel B. Wingerter, Baton Rouge, LA, Deborah H. Baer, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana, Amicus Curiae.

Before DUHÉ, EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.