UNITED STATES v. SPAWR OPTICAL RESEARCH, INC.

No. 81-1078.

685 F.2d 1076 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SPAWR OPTICAL RESEARCH, INC., a corporation, Walter J. Spawr and Frances A. Spawr, individuals, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1982.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dougherty, Tustin, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Theodore Wai Wu, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHOY and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, District Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc November 10, 1982.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Walter and Frances Spawr and their family-owned corporation, Spawr Optical Research, Inc. (the Spawrs), appeal their convictions resulting from their unlicensed export of laser mirrors destined for the Soviet Union.1 Their principal challenge is to the Government's reliance on allegedly defunct export regulations that they were convicted...

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