VISITORIAL POWERS AND THE GENERAL POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAW: ANDREW M. CUOMO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK V. THE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION, L.L.C.

BY ALEXANDRA KUTCHINS

The Supreme Court of the United States vacated an injunction against the attorney general of New York insofar as it prohibited him from bringing a judicial enforcement action to enforce compliance with New York fair-lending law because the vesting of visitorial powers in the Comptroller of the Currency does not preclude a state from enforcing its laws of general applicability.
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