FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK v. ARISTEGUIETA

Nos. 374, 375, 376, Dockets 26325, 26326, 26327.

287 F.2d 219 (1960)

Application of the FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK, French American Banking Corporation and The Royal Bank of Canada, Petitioners-Appellants, to quash three subpoenas duces tecum dated March 15, 1960, v. Manuel ARISTEGUIETA, Consul General of the Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Republic of Venezuela, Respondent-Appellee. Application of Silvio GUTIERREZ, Petitioner-Appellant, to quash a subpoena duces tecum dated April 18, 1960, v. Manuel ARISTEGUIETA, Consul General of the Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Republic of Venezuela, Respondent-Appellee. Application of Napoleon DUPOUY, Petitioner-Appellant, to quash two subpoenas duces tecum dated March 15, 1960, v. Manuel ARISTEGUIETA, Consul General of the Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Republic of Venezuela, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Wilson, New York City (Shearman & Sterling & Wright, New York City, on the brief; Gilson B. Gray, III, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant the First Nat. City Bank of New York.

Coudert Brothers, New York City (Alexis C. Coudert, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant, French American Banking Corp.

Sage, Gray, Todd & Sims, New York City (Melber Chambers, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant, the Royal Bank of Canada.

Benjamin Busch, New York City (Katz & Sommerich, New York City, on the brief; Otto C. Sommerich and Albert M. Herrmann, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant, Silvio Gutierrez.

Charles Pickett, New York City (Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, on the brief; Alan B. Lerner, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant, Napoleon Dupouy.

David C. Acheson, Washington, D. C. (Dean Acheson, Howard C. Westwood and Sidney S. Sachs, Washington, D. C., John Logan O'Donnell, New York City, on the brief; Covington & Burling, and Sachs & Jacobs, Washington, D. C., Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee, Manuel Aristeguieta, Consul General of the Republic of Venezuela.

Malcolm Richard Wilkey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Beatrice Rosenberg, Joseph J. Cella, Jerome M. Feit, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief for the United States, as amicus curiae.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are three banks, The First National City Bank of New York (City Bank), French American Banking Corporation (French American), the Royal Bank of Canada, and Silvio Gutierrez, a depositor with Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, and Napoleon Dupouy, a depositor in City Bank and French American. Appellants appeal from an order which denied appellants' motions to quash subpoenas duces tecum issued by the Clerk of the District...

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