Article: NCUA seeks to quash bank's suit over deposits from nonmembers. (National Credit Union Administration, First City Bank, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) (Brief Article)

The National Credit Union Administration was expected this week to try to quash a lawsuit challenging credit unions' right to accept deposits from nonmembers.

The federal regulator is arguing that First City Bank, Murfreesboro, Tenn., lacks standing to sue. That's the same argument NCUA has used -- unsuccessfully, so far -- in suits filed by bankers over credit union customer-base expansions.

Still, NCUA staff attorney Steven Widerman said Tuesday that he expects the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee to grant the agency's request. He wouldn't elaborate.

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If the court does allow the bank to sue, the NCUA ...

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