ASSOC. CONTAINER TRANSP. (AUSTRALIA) LTD. v. U.S.

Nos. 995, 1177, 1176, Dockets 82-6242, 82-6314, 82-6316.

705 F.2d 53 (1983)

ASSOCIATED CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION (AUSTRALIA) LTD., Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellants. HAMBURG-SUDAMERIKANISCHE DAMPSCHIFFAHRTS-GESELLSCHAFT, EGGERT & AMSINCK d/b/a Columbus Line, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellants. FARRELL LINES, INC., Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Ross, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (John J. Powers, III, Roger W. Fones, Catherine B. Klion, Dept. of Justice, Abbott B. Lipsky, Jr., Deputy, William F. Baxter, Asst. Attys. Gen., Steven E. Asher, Dept. of State, Fred L. Morrison, Counselor on International Law, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant U.S.

Gary D. Sesser, New York City (Burlingham Underwood & Lord, Elkan Turk, Jr., Wade S. Hooker, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for appellee Associated Container Transp. (Australia) Ltd.

Gary D. Sesser, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Sanford C. Miller, Gary D. Sesser, Bernard J. Vaughan, New York City, of counsel), for appellee Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampschiffahrts-Gesellschaft, Eggert & Amsinck d/b/a Columbus Line.

Gary D. Sesser, New York City (Cummings & Lockwood, Gary A. MacMillan, Robert L. Teicher, Stamford, Conn., of counsel), for appellee Farrell Lines Inc.

Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Mark R. Joelson, Joseph P. Griffin, William R. Weissman, Bruce R. Stewart, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for amicus curiae Government of Australia.

Before KAUFMAN and KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and MacMAHON, District Judge.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a district court order setting aside certain portions of Civil Investigative Demands ("CID's") issued by the Justice Department pursuant to the Antitrust Civil Process Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1311-1314, presents difficult issues of first impression.

With due regard to the manifest authority of the executive branch to conduct antitrust investigations, we are called upon to weigh the Government's legitimate...

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