It seems that Google and Wilson, Wyo.-based Rocky Mountain Bank have reached an agreement over the email the bank sent to the wrong email address and resulted in that account being closed.

The other day we reported on a story about Judge Orders Google To Deactivate User’s Gmail Account, about how a bank had sent an email to an unintended recipient. When the owner of that account didn’t reply to their emails requesting that the document containing the confidential information of 1300 accounts be destroyed, they went to Google to request the person’s identification. Google told them they would need a court order for that, so the bank did go to court, and the judge not only ordered the information turned over, but also ordered Google to shut down the Gmail account in question.

Well the good news is that Google did indeed comply with the order, but they have now talked things over with the bank and an agreement has been reached.

Google spokesman Andrew Pederson spoke with CNET and said the following:

After notifying the account owner, we complied with the court’s order. However, after working with Rocky Mountain Bank and the court, we resolved the issue around the bank’s error, and both sides have agreed to vacate the TRO and dismiss the case.

While we regret that the user has been locked out of their account through no fault of their own, we’re not legally able to reactivate the account until the court approves our motion to dismiss the case and vacate the TRO.  We’re hopeful that the court will act quickly, and as soon as the motion is approved, we’ll reactivate the account.

While it is great to see Google fought this, it doesn’t change the fact the original ruling was made.  How long is it before we see another case such as this pop up with a similar resolution?  This is still a troubling ruling by the original judge in the case, and one I doubt we have heard the last of.