Alva State Bank and Trust Co. v. Dayton

KAUGER, Justice,

specially concurring:

The Oklahoma Financial Privacy Act, 6 O.S.1981 § 2201, et. seq., provides the procedure by which a governmental authority, in this case a judge, may require production of bank records. I agree with the majority that these records are clearly confidential, and that bank customers who are not parties to the lawsuit have a reasonable expectation of privacy in them. (These are private citizens whose records have been requested for inspection solely on the basis that they chose to do business with Alva State Bank and Trust Company.)

Congress has specifically…