United States Ninth Circuit

A bank's production of financial records to the U.S. Army, pursuant to an unlawful subpoena (issued in a proceeding under Article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which does not authorize subpoenas), violated the Right to Financial Privacy Act, and the governmental litigation exemption to the Act is inapplicable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2001
• Decided 07/02/2002
• Published 07/02/2002

Judges

• Before THOMPSON, O'SCANNLAIN and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marshall Kenneth Flowers, Honolulu, HI, Pro Se, for the appellants., Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.;   Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii;  and Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patsy H. Kirio, Honolulu, HI, for the appellee.