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Bank of America, N.A. v. Lusnak

Petition for certiorari denied on November 19, 2018
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-212 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2018

Issues: (1) Whether the National Bank Act pre-empts state laws regulating national-bank loan terms, such as California’s law requiring payment of interest on mortgage-loan escrow accounts; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in disregarding regulations from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the primary regulator of national banks, concerning the applicability of state real-estate lending laws to national banks.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Aug 14 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2018)
Aug 16 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 17, 2018 to October 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 21 2018Blanket Consent filed by Respondent.
Aug 24 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 17, 2018.
Sep 17 2018Brief amici curiae of The Bank Policy Institute, et al. filed.
Oct 17 2018Brief of respondent Donald Lusnak in opposition filed.
Oct 31 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
Oct 31 2018Reply of petitioner Bank of America, N.A. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 19 2018Petition DENIED.