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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 81-2230.

674 F.2d 309 (1982)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS Request for Compulsion Order Against John Doe; Richard Roe and Corporation X, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judah Best, Washington, D.C. (Loren Kieve, James A. Bruton, Steptoe & Johnson Chartered, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants Richard Roe and Corp. X.

Mary S. Feinberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va. (David A. Faber, U. S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellee United States of America.

Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D.C. (John Joseph Cassidy, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Richard M. Roberts, Hamel, Park, McCabe & Saunders, Washington, D.C., on brief), for John Doe.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 21, 1982.

HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case involves the crime/fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. The district court issued an order compelling John Doe, the attorney for Richard Roe and Corporation X, to testify before the grand jury because it found that the government had made a prima facie showing that the crime/fraud exception was applicable. The district...

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