Waters v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., No. 05-1352 (Supreme Court of the United States)

These are the briefs filed in the Supreme Court case of Watters v. Wachovia Bank et al., No. 05-1342: 1) by Respondents Wachovia Bank, N.A. and its operating subsidiary, Wachovia Mortgage Corporation; and 2) by the amicus curiae supporting Wachovia's position in the case, including the Solicitor General's views on behalf of the United States. The petition for certiorari presents questions relating to preemption by federal law of a Michigan registration and enforcement regime as applied to national bank operating subsidiaries.

• Brief for the United States as amicus curiae supporting respondents, Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General Counsel of Record. (1.51 MB PDF)
  
  Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Thos G. Hungar, Deputy Solicitor General; and Sri Srinivasan, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice Julie L. Williams, Chief counsel; Daniel P. Stipano, Deputy Chief Counsel; Horace G. Sneed, Attorney; and Douglas B. Jordan, Attorney; Office of the Comptroller
  
  
• Brief for American Bankers Association, America’s Community Bankers, Consumer Bankers Association, Consumer Mortgage Coalition, Financial Services Roundtable, and Mortgage Bankers Association as amici curiae in support of respondents. (844 KB PDF)
  
  
• Amici curiae brief of economists and scholars Marcus Cole, Christopher Demuth, Richard Epstein, Robert Litan, Michael Staten, Peter Wallison and Todd Zywicki in support of respondents. (1.13 MB PDF)
  
  
• Brief of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as amicus curiae in support of respondents. (1.0 8MB PDF)
  
  
• Brief of the Clearing House Association L.L.C. as amicus curiae in support of respondents. (629 KB PDF)
  
  
• Brief for the respondents Lori McAllister and William J. Perrone, Dykema Gossett PLLC, and Robert A. Long, Stuart C. Stock, Keith A. Noreika, and Emily Johnson Henn, Covington & Burling LLP. (392 KB PDF)
  
  
• Brief for Administrative Law Professors Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Frank B. Cross, and Mark B. Seidenfeld as amici curiae in support of affirmance. (632 KB PDF)
  
  
• Brief of National City Bank as amicus curiae in support of respondents. (109 KB PDF)
  
  
• Brief of amicus curiae New England Legal Foundation in support of respondents on the merits. (1.09 MB PDF)