IN RE JOHN DOE, INC.

No. 2195, Docket 93-6175.

13 F.3d 633 (1994)

In re JOHN DOE, INC. JOHN DOE, INC. and John Doe, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry S. McDevitt, Pittsburgh, PA (Laura A. Brevetti, Elan Gerstmann, New York City, of counsel), for petitioners-appellants.

Sean F. O'Shea, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY (Zachary W. Carter, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Peter A. Norling, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before: WINTER, MINER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the appropriate procedures by which a district court may determine the existence of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege. John Doe, Inc. and John Doe,1 the CEO and sole shareholder of John Doe, Inc., appeal from Judge Sifton's order compelling John Doe, Inc.'s former attorney ("the attorney") to testify before a grand jury on the ground that the crime-fraud exception applied...

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