Exhibit
5.1
[Letterhead
of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]
October
12, 2007
BA
Credit
Card Funding, LLC
214
North
Tyron Street, Suite #21-39
NC1-027-21-04
Charlotte,
NC 28255
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as special Delaware counsel for FIA Card Services, National Association,
a
national banking association (the "Bank"), and BA Credit Card Funding, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company ("Funding"), in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-141948,
333-141948-01 and 333-141948-02), as amended (the "Registration Statement"),
filed by Funding with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the registration under
the
Act of the BAseries Class A(2007-13) Notes (collectively, the "Notes"),
representing obligations of BA Credit Card Trust, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Trust"), to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (as hereinafter
defined). At your request, this opinion is being furnished to
you.
We
have
made such inquiries and examined such documents as we have considered necessary
or appropriate for purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth,
including the examination of executed or conformed counterparts, or copies
otherwise proved to our satisfaction, of the following:
(a) The
Certificate of Trust of the Trust, effective on May 4, 2001, as filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of
State") on May 4, 2001, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Trust of the Trust, effective on June 10, 2006, as filed in
the
office of the Secretary of State on June 9, 2006;
(b) The
Trust
Agreement of the Trust, dated as of May 4, 2001, between the Bank, as
beneficiary, and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
as
owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee");
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Credit Card Funding, LLC
October 12, 2007
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(c) The
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of May 24, 2001,
as
amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of July 12, 2001, the Second
Amendment thereto, dated as of August 1, 2002, the Third Amendment thereto,
dated as of June 27, 2003, and the Fourth Amendment thereto, dated as of January
27, 2006, each between the Bank, as beneficiary and transferor, and the Owner
Trustee, and acknowledged and accepted by the Trust;
(d) The
Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of June
10,
2006, between the Bank, as beneficiary and transferor, and the Owner Trustee,
and acknowledged and accepted by the Trust;
(e) The
Third
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of October 20,
2006,
between Funding, as beneficiary and transferor, and the Owner Trustee, and
acknowledged and accepted by the Trust and the Bank;
(f) The
Second Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of October 20, 2006 (the "Master
Indenture"), between the Trust, as issuer, and The Bank of New York, a New
York
banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), and
acknowledged and accepted by the Bank, as supplemented by the Amended and
Restated BAseries Indenture Supplement, dated as of June 10, 2006 (the
"Indenture Supplement"), between the Trust, as issuer, and the Indenture
Trustee, and as further supplemented by the Class A(2007-13) Terms Document,
dated as of October 12, 2007 (the "Terms Document"), between the Trust, as
issuer, and the Indenture Trustee (the Master Indenture, as supplemented by
the
Indenture Supplement and the Terms Document, is hereinafter referred to as
the
"Indenture");
(g) The
Registration Statement;
(h) The
prospectus, dated July 17, 2007 (the "Prospectus"), and the prospectus
supplement related to the Notes, dated October 3, 2007 (the "Prospectus
Supplement");
(i) A
certificate of the Trust, dated October 12, 2007, as to certain matters;
and
(j) A
Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated October 12, 2007, obtained
from the Secretary of State.
We
have
obtained or have been furnished with, and have relied upon with respect to
factual matters, such certificates, advices and assurances from public officials
and others as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this
opinion.
With
respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed that (i) all signatures
on documents examined by us are genuine, (ii) all documents submitted to us
as
originals are authentic, and (iii) all documents submitted to us as copies
conform with the original copies of those documents.
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Credit Card Funding, LLC
October 12, 2007
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For
purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, at the time of issuance and sale
of
the Notes, (i) except with respect to the Bank, Funding and the Trust, the
due
authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents
examined by us, (ii) that the Bank will have taken all necessary corporate
action, Funding will have taken all necessary limited liability company action,
and the Trust will have taken all necessary trust action, to cause the issuance
and sale of the Notes, (iii) that the issuance and sale of the Notes will not
be
contrary to any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, and (iv) in
connection with the documents of which we have reviewed a form, that all blanks
contained in such documents will be properly and appropriately completed, and
optional provisions included in such documents will be properly and
appropriately selected, and as executed, such documents will conform with the
forms of the documents reviewed by us.
This
opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware and United States of
America federal law, and we have not considered and express no opinion on the
laws of any other jurisdiction. Our opinions are rendered only with
respect to Delaware and United States of America federal laws and rules,
regulations and orders thereunder which are currently in effect.
Based
upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and
statutes as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we
are
of the opinion that, when the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated
and
delivered in accordance with the Indenture, paid for, and sold in the manner
described in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto and the
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, the Notes will be legally issued,
fully paid, nonassessable and binding obligations of the Trust, and the holders
of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The
foregoing opinion is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, moratorium
and
other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, general
principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability
of
specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered
and
applied in a proceeding in equity or at law, and safety and soundness
requirements.
We
understand that you will file this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K for incorporation
into
the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this
opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby
consent to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the
Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit
that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.
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Very
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/s/
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. |
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