HAWORTH v. CENTRAL NAT. BANK

No. 66234.

769 P.2d 740 (1989)

John Whitney HAWORTH, Appellant, v. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY and Tom Collins, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bernstein, Norman, for appellant.

Robert D. Looney, Jr., Oklahoma City, E. Bay Mitchell, III, Enid, for appellee, Central National Bank.

Jack S. Dawson, Oklahoma City, for appellee, Tom Collins.


KAUGER, Justice.

The dispositive question of first impression is whether a municipal police officer qualifies as a "government authority" under the Financial Privacy Act (Act), 6 O.S. 1981 § 2201-2204 thus triggering these provisions. Section 2203 of the Act prohibits the release by a financial institution of any information to a "government authority" unless the institution has either the written consent of the customer...

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