Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp. et al.

Decided December 18, 1978. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1265 · 439 U.S. 299 (1978) · Cited 187 times

Holding

Section 85 permits Omaha Bank to charge its Minnesota BankAmericard customers the higher interest rate that is sanctioned by Nebraska law.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Tiffany v. National Bank of Mo. · 85 U.S. 409 (1874)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. · 426 U.S. 148 (1976)
• Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc. · 426 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing · 91 U.S. 29 (1875)
• Cope v. Anderson · 331 U.S. 461 (1947)
• First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · 396 U.S. 122 (1969)
• First Nat. Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co. · 385 U.S. 252 (1966)
• Bank of America v. Whitney Central National Bank · 261 U.S. 171 (1923)
• Commissioner v. Estate of Bedford · 325 U.S. 283 (1945)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. · 517 U.S. 735 (1996)
• Miller v. Youakim · 440 U.S. 125 (1979)

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