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Opinion
Filed
Aug. 8, 2019
Case
American Bankers Association v. United States
Case status
Decided

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Hughes, Circuit Judge. This case arises out of legislation amending the statutory rate for dividend payments on Federal Reserve Bank stock. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 set the dividend rate at six percent per year, which remained in effect until Congress amended the dividend provision in 2016. The amendment effectively reduced the dividend rate for certain stockholder banks from the…

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