miller argued january decided april respondent charged various federal offenses made pretrial motion suppress microfilms checks deposit slips records relating accounts two banks maintained records pursuant bank secrecy act act contended subpoenas duces tecum pursuant material produced banks defective records thus illegally seized violation fourth amendment following denial motion respondent tried convicted appeals reversed concluded subpoenaed documents fell within constitutionally protected zone privacy held respondent possessed fourth amendment interest bank records vindicated challenge subpoenas district therefore err denying motion suppress pp subpoenaed materials business records banks respondent private papers pp legitimate expectation privacy contents original checks deposit slips since checks confidential communications negotiable instruments used commercial transactions documents obtained contain information voluntarily conveyed banks exposed employees ordinary course business fourth amendment prohibit obtaining information revealed third party conveyed government authorities act recordkeeping requirements alter considerations create protectable fourth amendment interest bank depositor bank records account pp issuance subpoena third party violate defendant rights even criminal prosecution contemplated time subpoena issued california bankers assn shultz pp access bank records act controlled existing legal process mean greater judicial scrutiny equivalent required search warrant necessary subpoena used obtain depositor bank records pp powell delivered opinion burger stewart white blackmun rehnquist stevens joined brennan post marshall post filed dissenting opinions deputy solicitor general wallace argued cause brief solicitor general bork assistant attorney general thornburgh sidney glazer ivan michael schaeffer rampey appointment argued cause filed brief respondent justice powell delivered opinion respondent convicted possessing unregistered still carrying business distiller without giving bond intent defraud government whiskey tax possessing gallons whiskey upon taxes paid conspiring defraud tax revenues et seq prior trial respondent moved suppress copies checks bank records obtained means allegedly defective subpoenas duces tecum served upon two banks accounts records maintained banks compliance requirements bank secrecy act stat district overruled respondent motion suppress evidence admitted appeals fifth circuit reversed ground depositor fourth amendment rights violated bank records maintained pursuant bank secrecy act obtained means defective subpoena held evidence obtained must suppressed since find respondent protectable fourth amendment interest subpoenaed documents reverse decision december response informant tip deputy sheriff houston county stopped truck occupied two respondent alleged truck contained distillery apparatus raw material january fire broke kathleen warehouse rented respondent blaze firemen sheriff department officials discovered distillery gallons whiskey related paraphernalia two weeks later agents treasury department alcohol tobacco firearms bureau presented grand jury subpoenas issued blank clerk district completed attorney office presidents citizens southern national bank warner robins bank byron respondent maintained accounts subpoenas required two presidents appear january produce records accounts savings checking loan otherwise name mitch miller respondent mathis street macon mitch miller associates executive terrace warner robins october present date january case bank byron january case citizens southern national bank warner robins grand jury met february days return date subpoenas respondent four others indicted overt acts alleged committed furtherance conspiracy included three financial transactions rental respondent truck purchase respondent radio equipment purchase respondent quantity sheet metal metal pipe record indicate whether bank records fact presented grand jury used investigation provided one two investigatory leads copies checks also introduced trial establish overt acts described motion suppress denied district respondent contended bank documents illegally seized urged subpoenas defective issued attorney rather return made subpoenas returnable date grand jury session appeals reversed citing prohibition boyd compulsory production man private papers establish criminal charge held government improperly circumvented boyd protections respondent fourth amendment right unreasonable searches seizures first requiring third party bank copy depositors personal checks improper invocation legal process calling upon bank allow inspection reproduction copies acknowledged recordkeeping requirements bank secrecy act held constitutional face california bankers assn shultz noted access records controlled existing legal process see subpoenas issued found constitute adequate legal process fact bank officers cooperated voluntarily found irrelevant whose rights threatened improper disclosure bank depositor bank official government contends appeals erred three respects finding respondent fourth amendment interest necessary entitle challenge validity subpoenas duces tecum motion suppress ii holding subpoenas defective iii determining suppression evidence obtained appropriate remedy constitutional violation take place find intrusion area respondent protected fourth amendment interest district therefore correctly denied respondent motion suppress reverse decision appeals ground alone reach government latter two contentions ii hoffa said interest legitimately protected fourth amendment implicated governmental investigative activities unless intrusion zone privacy security man relies upon places property within constitutionally protected area appeals noted assumed respondent necessary fourth amendment interest pointing language boyd supra describes amendment protection compulsory production man private papers think appeals erred finding subpoenaed documents fall within protected zone privacy face documents subpoenaed respondent private papers unlike claimant boyd respondent assert neither ownership possession instead business records banks said california bankers assn shultz supra anks neutrals transactions involving negotiable instruments parties instruments substantial stake continued availability acceptance records respondent accounts like records required kept pursuant bank secrecy act pertain transactions bank party respondent argues however bank secrecy act introduces factor makes subpoena case functional equivalent search seizure depositor private papers held california bankers assn shultz supra mere maintenance records pursuant requirements act invade fourth amendment right depositor respondent contends combination recordkeeping requirements act issuance subpoena obtain records permits government circumvent requirements fourth amendment allowing obtain depositor private records without complying legal requirements applicable proceeded directly therefore must address question whether compulsion embodied bank secrecy act exercised case creates fourth amendment interest depositor none existed question expressly reserved california bankers supra respondent urges fourth amendment interest records kept banks merely copies personal records made available banks limited purpose reasonable expectation privacy relies statement katz quoting warden hayden departed narrow view property interests control right government search seize search seizure become unreasonable government activities violate privacy upon person justifiably relie katz also stressed hat person knowingly exposes public subject fourth amendment protection must examine nature particular documents sought protected order determine whether legitimate expectation privacy concerning contents cf couch even direct attention original checks deposit slips rather microfilm copies actually viewed obtained means subpoena perceive legitimate expectation privacy contents checks confidential communications negotiable instruments used commercial transactions documents obtained including financial statements deposit slips contain information voluntarily conveyed banks exposed employees ordinary course business lack legitimate expectation privacy concerning information kept bank records assumed congress enacting bank secrecy act expressed purpose require records maintained high degree usefulness criminal tax regulatory investigations proceedings cf couch supra depositor takes risk revealing affairs another information conveyed person government white held repeatedly fourth amendment prohibit obtaining information revealed third party conveyed government authorities even information revealed assumption used limited purpose confidence placed third party betrayed hoffa lopez analysis changed mandate bank secrecy act records depositors transactions maintained banks california bankers assn shultz rejected contention banks keeping records depositors transactions pursuant act acting solely agents government even banks said acting solely government agents transcribing necessary information complying without protest requirements subpoenas intrusion upon depositors fourth amendment rights see osborn lewis iii since fourth amendment interests depositor implicated case governed general rule issuance subpoena third party obtain records party violate rights defendant even criminal prosecution contemplated time subpoena issued california bankers assn shultz supra donaldson douglas concurring principles firmly settled passage bank secrecy act internal revenue service summons directed bank violate fourth amendment rights depositor investigation see first national bank mobile sd see also california bankers assn shultz supra donaldson supra many banks traditionally kept permanent records depositors accounts although banks practice declining recent years requiring records kept banks bank secrecy act novel means designed circumvent established fourth amendment rights merely attempt facilitate use proper longstanding law enforcement technique insuring records available needed hold district correctly denied respondent motion suppress since possessed fourth amendment interest vindicated challenge subpoenas iv respondent contends subpoenas duces tecum directed banks infringed fourth amendment rights subpoena issued bank obtain records maintained pursuant act subject stringent fourth amendment requirements ordinary subpoena making assertion relies statement california bankers supra access records maintained banks act controlled existing legal process oklahoma press pub walling said fourth amendment applicable subpoenas production business records papers guards abuse way much indefiniteness breadth things required particularly described also inquiry one demanding agency authorized law make materials specified relevant see also dionisio respondent citing district discussed application warrant requirements fourth amendment domestic security surveillance electronic eavesdropping suggests greater judicial scrutiny equivalent required search warrant necessary subpoena used obtain bank records depositor account california bankers emphasized access records accordance existing legal process indication new rule devised traditional distinction search warrant subpoena recognized event reasons stated hold respondent lacks requisite fourth amendment interest challenge validity subpoenas judgment appeals reversed deferred decision whether trial improperly overruled respondent motion suppress distillery apparatus raw material seized rented truck remand disposition issue ordered footnotes respondent appears contend depositor fourth amendment interest comes play defective subpoena used obtain records kept pursuant act see reason existence fourth amendment interest turns whether subpoena defective therefore limit consideration situation alleged defect subpoena served bank clear whether respondent refers attempts obtain private documents subpoena issued directly depositor search pursuant warrant question whether personal business records may seized pursuant valid warrant andresen maryland cert granted address question evidentiary privileges protecting communications attorney client cf fisher ante banks notify respondent neglect without legal consequences however unattractive may respondent contend subpoenas infringed upon first amendment rights blanket reporting requirement sort addressed buckley valeo allegation improper inquiry protected associational activities sort presented eastland servicemen fund confronted situation government unreviewed executive discretion made inquiry unnecessarily touch es upon intimate areas individual personal affairs california bankers assn shultz powell concurring government exercised powers narrowly directed subpoenas duces tecum subject legal restraints attendant process see part iv infra case differs burrows superior cal relied justice brennan dissent bank records respondent accounts furnished response compulsion legal process form subpoenas duces tecum burrows found significant bank case provided statements police response informal oral request information subpoena duces tecum issued obtain records subject stringent fourth amendment requirements ordinary subpoena search warrant contrast issuable pursuant prior judicial approval authorizes government officers seize evidence without requiring enforcement courts see dionisio occasion us address whether subpoenas complied requirements outlined oklahoma press pub walling banks upon served contest validity justice brennan dissenting pertinent phrasing fourth amendment right people secure persons houses papers effects unreasonable searches seizures shall violated virtually haec verba art california constitution right people secure persons houses papers effects unreasonable seizures searches shall violated california reached conclusion art factual situation contrary reached today fourth amendment dissent view california correctly interpreted relevant constitutional language burrows superior cal question whether bank statements copies thereof relating accused bank accounts obtained sheriff prosecutor without benefit legal process consent bank acquired result illegal search seizure california held accused reasonable expectation privacy bank statements records voluntary relinquishment records bank request sheriff prosecutor constitute valid consent accused acquisition officers records therefore result illegal search seizure view conclusion reasons stated california compelled case practically identical phrasing fourth amendment addressing threshold question whether accused right privacy invaded relying part decision appeals case justice mosk stated excellent opinion unanimous gainsaid customer bank expects documents checks transmits bank course business operations remain private expectation reasonable prosecution concedes much although asserts expectation constitutionally cognizable representatives several banks testified suppression hearing information possession regarding customer account deemed confidential present case although record establishes copies petitioner bank statements rather checks provided officer distinction significant relation petitioner expectation privacy bank alters form records information transmitted depositor show receipt disbursement money bank statement diminish depositor anticipation privacy matters confides bank bank customer reasonable expectation absent compulsion legal process matters reveals bank utilized bank internal banking purposes thus hold petitioner reasonable expectation bank maintain confidentiality papers originated check form bank statements record checks transformed pursuant internal bank practice people assert illegal search seizure occurred bank voluntarily provided statements police bank rather police conducted search records papers relating petitioner accounts conclude petitioner reasonable expectation privacy bank statements voluntary relinquishment records bank request police constitute valid consent petitioner right privacy bank petitioner issue thus untenable conclude bank neutral entity significant interest matter may validly consent invasion depositors rights however bank neutral example victim defendant suspected wrongdoing depositor right privacy prevail rationale consistent recent decision miller cir miller attorney without defendant knowledge issued subpoenas two banks defendant maintained accounts ordering production records accounts name defendant banks voluntarily provided government copies defendant checks deposit slip items introduced evidence trial led conviction circuit reversed conviction held defendant rights fourth amendment violated search subpoena issued attorney rather grand jury bank voluntary compliance subpoena irrelevant since depositor right privacy threatened disclosure hold bank statements copies thereof obtained sheriff prosecutor without benefit legal process acquired result illegal search seizure cal art trial granted motion suppress documents underlying dilemma related cases bank detached disinterested entity relinquished records voluntarily circumstance crucial practical purposes disclosure individuals business firms financial affairs bank entirely volitional since impossible participate economic life contemporary society without maintaining bank account course dealings depositor reveals many aspects personal affairs opinions habits associations indeed totality bank records provides virtual current biography concerned present case bank statements logical extension contention bank ownership records permits free access police officer extends far beyond statements checks savings bonds loan applications loan guarantees papers customer supplied bank facilitate conduct financial affairs upon reasonable assumption information remain confidential permit police officer access records merely upon request without judicial control relevancy traditional requirements legal process allow evidence used subsequent criminal prosecution defendant opens door vast unlimited range real abuses police power cases legion condemn violent searches invasions individual right privacy dwelling imposition upon privacy although perhaps dramatic may equally devastating methods employed development photocopying machines electronic computers sophisticated instruments accelerated ability government intrude areas person normally chooses exclude prying eyes inquisitive minds consequently judicial interpretations reach constitutional protection individual privacy must keep pace perils created new devices cal omitted california bankers held decision bank rights fourth amendment abridged regulation depositor plaintiffs lacked standing challenge reporting requirement showing engaged type transaction regulation referred concurring views two justices provided necessary votes create majority particular interest justice powell opinion joined justice blackmun makes clear significant extension reporting requirement pose substantial constitutional questions concurrence majority based upon provisions act narrowed regulations wrote full reach reports apparently authorized language act touch upon intimate areas individual personal affairs financial transactions reveal much person activities associations beliefs point governmental intrusion upon areas implicate legitimate expectations privacy moreover potential abuse particularly acute legislative scheme permits access information without invocation judicial process instances important responsibility balancing societal individual interests left unreviewed executive discretion rather scrutiny neutral magistrate district justices douglas marshall dissented ground act violated fourth amendment justice brennan also filed dissent stating recordkeeping reporting requirements act constituted impermissibly broad grant power secretary federal case decided shultz directly confronting issue depositor rights entirely consistent views set forth miller holds shultz may interpreted proclaiming open season personal bank records permitting government circumvent fourth amendment first requiring banks copy depositors checks calling upon banks allow inspection copies without appropriate legal process cal omitted expectation privacy relied upon respondent support fourth amendment claim similar rejected similar documents couch couch taxpayer delivered documents accountant preparation income tax returns knowing mandatory disclosure much information therein required income tax return see brennan concurring contrast instant case banks obliged respond lawful process california bankers assn shultz obligation disclose information voluntarily expectation privacy asserted fisher ante distinguishable similar grounds distinguishes burrows ground involved legal process instant case involves legal process form subpoenas duces tecum ante also fourth amendment issue turn whether subpoenas defective ante event present purposes accept appeals conclusion subpoenas case defective moreover although relied upon appeals neither bank government notified respondent disclosure records government view absence notice unattractive ante fatal constitutional defect inheres process omits provision notice bank customer invasion protected fourth amendment interest continue believe reporting recordkeeping requirements bank secrecy act unconstitutional california bankers assn shultz brennan dissenting disagree reasoning case even assuming constitutionality act therefore unnecessary rely infirmities inherent act see cases cited baxter palmigiano ante brennan dissenting michigan mosley brennan dissenting see also wilkes new federalism criminal procedure state evasion burger wilkes new federalism criminal procedure falk state constitution adequate nonfederal ground rev project report toward activist role state bills rights harv civ lib rev past might safe counsel raise federal constitutional issues state courts risks raising questions increasingly substantial revealed colloquy argument michigan mosley supra question ca argue contrary law constitution state michigan ziemba provision michigan constitution fifth amendment federal constitution certainly question well argued whole thing ziemba appeals question yes ziemba really touch upon predicated entire argument federal constitution must admit mention equivalent provision michigan constitution although may assure every opportunity future shall laughter question hope opportunity case ziemba right tr oral arg justice marshall dissenting california bankers assn shultz upheld constitutionality recordkeeping requirements bank secrecy act dissented finding required maintenance bank customers records seizure within meaning fourth amendment unlawful absence warrant probable cause california bankers assn purport decide whether customer later challenge bank delivery records government pursuant subpoena warned ironic although majority deems bank customers fourth amendment claims premature also intimates bank made copies customer checks customer longer standing invoke fourth amendment rights demand made bank government records accepting government bifurcated approach recordkeeping requirement acquisition records majority engages hollow charade whereby fourth amendment claims labeled premature time deemed late wash hands today extended redundancy recordkeeping requirements act order seizure customers bank records without warrant probable cause believe act unconstitutional respondent standing raise claim since act unconstitutional government rely records kept pursuant prosecuting bank customers government relied records case affirm appeals reversal respondent conviction respectfully dissent