No. 01-11863.United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
September 3, 2003.
K. Stephen Jackson, Jeff S. Daniel, Jackson, Fraley
Shuttlesworth, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Peter Sean Fruin, Maynard, Cooper Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Stewart M. Cox, Bradley, Arant, Rose White, A. Inge Selden, III, Stephen Clark Jackson, Maynard, Cooper Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Burt M. Rublin, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews
Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Howard N. Cayne, Arnold
Porter, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (No. 00-01457-CV-2); W. Harold Albritton, III, Chief Judge.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
On June 2, 2003, the United States Supreme Court reversed our decision in this matter, holding that “an action filed in a state court to recover damages from a national bank for allegedly charging excessive interest in violation of both `the common law usury doctrine’ and an Alabama usury statute may be removed to a federal court because it actually arises under federal law.”Beneficial Nat’l Bank v. Anderson, ___ U.S. ___, 123 S.Ct. 2058, 156 L.Ed.2d 1 (2003). In light of the Supreme Court’s holding, we AFFIRM and REMAND this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.