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IN RE HORN

No. 91-15577.

976 F.2d 1314 (1992)

In re Grand Jury Subpoena Issued to Gerson S. HORN. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerson S. HORN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1992.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing November 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Nickerson, Mazer & Nickerson, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

William T. McGivern, Jr., U.S. Atty., Rory K. Little, Harry P. Litman and Catharine M. Goodwin, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Jose, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FERGUSON, REINHARDT, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Gerson Horn, an attorney, appeals from an order holding him in contempt for refusal to comply with a subpoena duces tecum after his motion to quash the subpoena was denied. Because the subpoena issued to Horn is so sweeping that it unquestionably covers a great deal of material that is protected by the attorney-client privilege, because the subpoena contains the impermissible request that Horn provide the grand jury with a description of...

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