U.S. v. BENJAMIN

Nos. 86-1337, 86-7717.

812 F.2d 548 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David R. BENJAMIN; Philip C. Bourdette; Miriam R. Bourdette; Cecilia Jason Dederich; Dan L. Garrett, Jr.; Elizabeth Missakian; Sybil Schiff; Steven Simon; Dan Sorkin, Defendants-Appellants. David R. BENJAMIN; Philip C. Bourdette; Miriam R. Bourdette; Cecilia J. Dederich; Dan L. Garrett, Jr.; Elizabeth Missakian; Sybil Schiff; Steven Simon; Dan Sorkin, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, United States of America, Real Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Luskin, Washington, D.C., Kenneth W. De Vaney, Fresno, Cal., Thomas J. Nolan, Palo Alto, Cal., Richard Mazer, San Franciso, California; Jay W. Powell, Visalia, Cal., Tom Henze, Phoenix, Arizona; Robert N. Harris, Los Angeles, Cal., Mark E. Overland, Los Angeles, Cal., John L. Williams, San Jose, Cal., and Salvatore Sciandra, Fresno, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Guy L. Goodwin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CANBY, REINHARDT and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellants seek review of the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss an indictment on the ground of irregularities in the grand jury proceedings. The government moves to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In light of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Mechanik, 475 U.S. 66, 106 S.Ct. 938, 89 L.Ed. 250 (1986), we find the district court order appealable under...

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