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MINPECO, S.A. v. CONTICOMMODITY SERVICES, INC.

No. 86-5648.

844 F.2d 856 (1988)

MINPECO, S.A. v. CONTICOMMODITY SERVICES, INC., et al. Nelson Bunker Hunt, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Inez Smith Reid, with whom Paul L. Perito, John R. Wintrol, and Conan N. Louis were on the brief, for appellants.

Janina Jaruzelski, Asst. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, of the bar of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 3rd Dept., pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Stephen R. Ross, Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, and Charles Tiefer, Deputy Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, were on the brief, for appellees Brooks and Barash.

Before ROBINSON, STARR, and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents questions of congressional immunity under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause. In order to prepare their defense in a civil action involving private parties, appellants seek enforcement of two subpoenas duces tecum requiring disclosure of certain information and documents in the possession of a congressional subcommittee. In particular, they seek proof that...

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