How have the courts interpreted the fifth amendment privilege of requiring a financial institution to produce records of a client's transactions?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Grand Jury Subpoena, In re, 826 F.2d 1166 (2nd Cir. 1987):
At the outset, we emphasize that appellants do not contend, nor could they argue, that their fifth amendment privilege extends to preclude the financial institutions from producing records or information regarding appellants' transactions. United States v. Davis, 767 F.2d 1025, 1039 (2d Cir.1985). Thus, since the directives are the only communications which appellants were compelled to make, they are the only possible source of a fifth amendment violation. Id.
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