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· 2/10/1999

Let W. Lee v. Bankers Trust Company

Citations

  • 166 F.3d 540
  • 14 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1389
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 1934
  • 1999 WL 64633

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the Act broadly and unambiguously provides for immunity from any law except the federal constitution for any statement in a suspicious activity report
  • noting that the Palmisano test has been adopted by some district courts, but declining to sanction it
  • “Legislative history and other tools of interpretation may be relied upon only if the terms of the statute are ambiguous.”
  • “Legislative history ... may be relied upon only if the terms of the statute are ambiguous.”
  • “Financial institutions are required by law to file SARs, but are prohibited from disclosing that either a SAR has been filed or the information contained therein.”
  • “Legislative history and other tools of interpretation may be relied upon only if the terms of the statute are ambiguous.”

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Judges: Oakes, Walker, McLaughlin

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