NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Fifth Circuit to Uphold Jury-Trial Rights in FDIC Enforcement Cases

Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in Burgess v. Whang, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction stopping the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) unconstitutional administrative enforcement proceeding against Cornelius Campbell Burgess. FDIC is trying to heavily fine Mr. Burgess, a former executive for a small Texas bank, and ban him from the banking industry for lif ...