UNITED STATES v. VETCO INC.

Nos. 79-3756 to 79-3758, 79-3786, 80-5276 and 80-5327.

691 F.2d 1281 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America and Robert R. Handley, Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service, Petitioners-Appellees, v. VETCO INC., formerly Vetco Offshore Industries and Subsidiaries; Ronald G. Cullis, Financial Vice President and/or Larry R. Langdon, Secretary, Respondents-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America and Robert R. Handley, Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service, Petitioners-Appellees, v. DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS, Certified Public Accountants, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 17, 1981.

As Amended October 22, 1981.

Certiorari Denied December 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig B. Jorgensen, Kindel & Anderson, Alfred I. Rothman, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondents-appellants.

Libero Marinelli, Jr., Tax Div., Washington, D.C., argued for petitioners-appellees; M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., on brief.

Before SKOPIL and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 17, 1981.

Certiorari Denied December 7, 1981. See 102 S.Ct. 671.

SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

INTRODUCTION

In October 1977 the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued summonses to Vetco, Inc. ("Vetco"), its accountants, Deloitte Haskins & Sells ("DH&S"), and its lawyers, Kindel & Anderson. The summonses requested the books and records of Vetco and its overseas subsidiaries for 1971-1976, and...

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