IN RE JOHN DOE CORP.

No. 872, Docket 82-6006.

675 F.2d 482 (1982)

In re JOHN DOE CORPORATION. JOHN DOE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Bleakley, Washington, D. C. (William J. Baer, Robert N. Werner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant, John Doe Corp.

James D. Harmon, Jr., Asst. Attorney-in-Charge, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., Thomas P. Puccio, Attorney-in-Charge, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for appellee, United States of America.

Before TIMBERS, NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


RALPH K. WINTER, Jr., Circuit Judge:

The "John Doe Corporation"1 appeals from a civil contempt judgment entered against it by Judge Sifton in the Eastern District of New York because of its failure to produce certain documents and to make available an employee for testimony before a grand jury. Doe Corp. has refused to comply in order to test on appeal its claims that the documents and testimony are protected by the attorney-client privilege...

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