U.S. v. POINDEXTER

Crim. No. 88-0080-01 (HHG).

727 F.Supp. 1501 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America v. John M. POINDEXTER.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Walsh, Independent Counsel, Dan K. Webb, Louise R. Radin, Christian J. Mixter, Howard M. Pearl, Associate Counsel, Office of the Independent Counsel, Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Richard W. Beckler, Joseph T. Small, Jr., Stephen M. McNabb, Frederick Robinson and Michael G. McGovern, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D.C., for defendant John M. Poindexter.

Theodore B. Olson, John A. Mintz, Michael B. Rappaport and Julia A. Dahlberg, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C., for Former President Ronald W. Reagan.

David Anderson, James S. Reynolds, Thomas Millet and Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S. and the Archivist of the U.S.


OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

The issue before the Court is what procedures should govern the Court's consideration of a request by defendant for enforcement of subpoenas duces tecum for documents from former President Ronald W. Reagan, the documents to be used in the defense against charges of false statements to and obstruction of Congress. There are few historical precedents to guide the Court, and each of these arose in its own peculiar...

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