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UNITED STATES v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND

Civ. No. 19801.

310 F.Supp. 157 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America v. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND and First National Bank of Harford County and William B. Camp, Comptroller of the Currency, Intervenor.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

January 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. McManus, Thomas P. Ruane and Eugene V. Lipkowitz, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Stephen H. Sachs, U. S. Atty. for Dist. of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

William L. Marbury, Franklin G. Allen and E. Stephen Derby, Baltimore, Md., for defendant, The First Nat. Bank of Md.

Edward C. Wilson, Bel Air., Md., for defendant, First Nat. Bank of Harford County.

Philip L. Roache, Jr. and Charles H. McEnerney, Jr., Office of Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D. C., for intervenor.

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

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