MATTER OF SEALED AFFIDAVIT(S) TO SEARCH WARRANTS

Nos. 79-3264, 79-7225.

600 F.2d 1256 (1979)

In the Matter of the SEALED AFFIDAVIT(S) TO SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED ON FEBRUARY 14, 1979. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Joseph V. AGOSTO, and Productions and Leasing, Inc., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR DISTRICT OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey A. Anderson, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, L. V. Strike Force, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant.

Oscar B. Goodman and Stephen Stein, Las Vegas, Nev., for real parties in interest.

Before CHAMBERS, CHOY and TANG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The United States appeals from a district court order rescinding the sealing of an affidavit, or, in the alternative, the United States petitions for a writ of mandamus. We reverse and remand the district court's order.1

I. Statement of the Case

On February 14, 1979, the district court issued five search warrants authorizing the Government to search parts of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, the offices...

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