WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. v. WATTERS

No. 5:03-CV-105.

334 F.Supp.2d 957 (2004)

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. and Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Linda A. WATTERS, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Michigan Office of Insurance and Financial Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori McAllister, Dykema Gossett PLLC (Lansing), Lansing, MI, for Wachovia Bank, N.A., Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, plaintiffs.

John C. Scherbarth, MI Dept Attorney General, (Insurance/Banking), Insurance and Banking Division, Lansing, MI, for Linda A. Watters, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Michigan Office of Insurance and Financial Services, defendant.

David L. Permut, Goodwin Procter LLP (DC), Washington, DC, for American Bankers Association, America's Community Bankers, Consumer Mortgage Coalition, Consumer Bankers Association, Electronic Financial Services Council, Financial Services Roundtable, The, Michigan Bankers Association.

Kathleen E. Keest, Iowa Department of Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, for William H. Pryor, Jr., Attorney General, State of Alabama, Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, State of Alaska, Terry Goddard, Attorney General, State of Arizona, Mike Beebe, Attorney General, State of Arkansas, Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California, Ken Salazar, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of Connecticut, M. Jane Brady, Attorney General, State of Delaware, Robert J. Spagnoletti, Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, State of Florida, Mark Recktenwald, Director, Office of Consumer Protection, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, State of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, State of Idaho, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Steve Carter, Attorney General, State of Indiana, Phill Kline, Attorney General, State of Kansas, Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, State of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, State of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, State of Massachusetts, Mike Hatch, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, Jim Hood, Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Mike McGrath, Attorney General, State of Montana, Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, State of Nevada, Peter W. Heed, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, State of New Jersey, Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, State of New York, Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General, State of North Dakota, Jim Petro, Attorney General, State of Ohio, W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Gerald J. Pappert, Attorney General, State of Pennsylvania, Larry Long, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Paul Summers, Attorney General, State of Tennessee, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, State of Vermont, Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, State of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Attorney General, State of Wisconsin, Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General, State of Wyoming.

Douglas B. Jordan, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC, for Office of Comptroller of Currency, amicus.

Gregory L. McClelland, McClelland & Anderson LLP, Lansing, MI, for Nat. Ass'n of Realtors, Michigan Association of Realtors, amicus.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Wachovia Bank, N.A. ("Wachovia Bank") and Wachovia Mortgage Company ("Wachovia Mortgage") (collectively "Wachovia") seek declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit the Commissioner of the Michigan Office of Insurance and Financial Services ("Commissioner") from attempting to interfere with the alleged exclusive visitorial rights of the Office of...

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