United States Sixth Circuit

In an action under the Michigan Uniform Commercial Code (MUCC) challenging Defendant-Bank's practice of charging fees as a condition of cashing official checks, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed where the MUCC is not violated by a bank charging a non-accountholder a fee to cash its teller's check.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2009
• Published 03/17/2009

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, ROGERS, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Carl G. Becker, Becker & Wasvary, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant.  Keith A. Noreika, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Carl G. Becker, Mark K. Wasvary, Becker & Wasvary, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant.  Keith A. Noreika, Fuad Rana, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Kathleen A. Lang, Dickinson Wright, Detroit, Michigan, Joseph A. Fink, Dickinson Wright, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.