FEDERAL DEPOSIT INS. CORP. v. ERNST & WHINNEY

Nos. 89-5073, 89-6364.

921 F.2d 83 (1990)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ERNST & WHINNEY, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Ruth Kant, Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div. Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for F.B.I. and U.S.

Harry S. Mattice, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, Tenn., John L. Douglas, F.D.I.C., Washington, D.C., Michael C. Spencer, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, Knoxville, Tenn., for F.D.I.C.

John W. Wheeler, Robert R. Campbell, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, Tenn., Howard A. Ellins, Julia Brickell, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York City, Daniel F. Kolb, Washington, D.C., for Ernst & Whinney.

Before MARTIN and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and HOLSCHUH, Chief District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation petitions for a writ of mandamus requiring the district court to vacate its October 5, 1989, order which required the Bureau to turn over an index of documents, identifying matters occurring before a grand jury, to parties in a civil action.

The lawsuit which spawned the controversy before us is an action brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the accounting firm...

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