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LOPEZ v. FIRST UNION NAT. BANK OF FLORIDA

Nos. 96-4931, 97-4238.

129 F.3d 1186 (1997)

Patricia Gonzales LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee. Jose Daniel Ruiz CORONADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANKATLANTIC BANCORP, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isidoro Rodriguez, Barranquilla, Colombia, S.A., for Lopez.

Montgomery Blair Sibley, Miami, FL, for Lopez and Coronado.

Karen H. Curtis, Alan I. Mishael, Gallwey, Curtis, Vento & Horn, P.A., Miami, FL, for First Union Nat. Bank of Florida.

Eugene E. Stearns, Vicki Lynn Monroe, Bradford Swing, Miami, FL, for Bankatlantic Bancorp, Inc.

Before CARNES, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH and REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

These cases, consolidated for purposes of this appeal, arise out of plaintiffs' claims that their banks improperly disclosed information relating to their checking accounts to federal authorities. The complaint in each case was dismissed on the ground that the safe harbor provisions of the Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act, 31 U.S.C. § 5318(g), immunized the banks from liability. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the judgments...

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