U.S. v. ZETTL

No. 86-5525.

835 F.2d 1059 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Bernie E. ZETTL, Robert R. Carter, and Walter R. Edgington, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. De Pue, Dept. of Justice (William F. Pendergast; Carlin D. Stanley, Dept. of Justice; David H. Hopkins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., on brief), for appellant.

Barry S. Simon (Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Paul Mogin, Jeffrey B. Kindler, Williams & Connolly, Richard A. Hibey, Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim & Blair, Marvin J. Garbis, Ronald B. Rubin, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis, on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals a pretrial order by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia authorizing the defendants Zettl, Edgington and Carter to disclose certain classified information during their criminal trial for conspiracy, conversion and espionage. The government is authorized under 18 U.S.C.App. IV § 7 to take this interlocutory appeal from the adverse ruling...

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