VALLEY BANK OF NEVADA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 23313.

15 Cal.3d 652 (1975)

542 P.2d 977

125 Cal. Rptr. 553

VALLEY BANK OF NEVADA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Respondent; JOSEPH A. BARKETT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Watson & Hoffe and William F. Whiting for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Freeman, Rishwain & Hall, Maxwell M. Freeman and Gerald R. Newman for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

In this case we consider under what circumstances a litigant may, through ordinary civil discovery procedures, obtain from a bank information disclosed to it in confidence by a customer. We have concluded that although such information is discoverable in a proper case, nevertheless the bank must first take reasonable steps to locate the customer, inform him of the discovery proceedings, and provide him a reasonable...

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