F.T.C. v. AMERICAN NAT. CELLULAR

No. 86-6664.

868 F.2d 315 (1989)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL CELLULAR, et al., Defendants, and Michael G. Godfree, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Godfree, Los Angeles, Cal., pro se.

David C. Shonka, F.T.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TANG, FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

The central question in this case is whether Young v. United States ex rel Vuitton et fils, S.A., 481 U.S. 787, 107 S.Ct. 2124, 95 L.Ed.2d 740 (1987), which forbids appointing private counsel for interested parties in an underlying civil action as the special prosecutors for criminal contempt, applies to the appointment of attorneys employed by an independent agency such as the FTC to prosecute criminal...

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