First Nat. Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co.

How courts have described this case

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• observing that in passing the McFadden Act, \Congress was continuing its policy of equalization first adopted in the National Bank Act of 1864\
• observing that in passing the McFadden Act, “Congress was continuing its policy of equalization first adopted in the National Bank Act of 1864”
• overruling the Comptroller's certification of a branch bank as a violation of state and thus federal law
• overruling the Comptroller’s certification of a branch bank as a violation of state and thus federal law
• \Congress intended to place national and state banks on a basis of 'competitive equality' . . . .\
• “It is not for us to so construe the [Act] as to frustrate this clear-cut purpose so forcefully expressed by both friend and foe of the legislation at the time of its adoption.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).