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IN RE RICHARD ROE, INC.

No. 669, Docket 95-6142.

68 F.3d 38 (1995)

In re RICHARD ROE, INC., and John Doe, Inc. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. RICHARD ROE, INC., Richard Roe, John Doe, Inc., and John Doe, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Zornow, New York City (Keith D. Krakaur, Lawrence S. Spiegel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, of counsel) for Respondents-Appellants John Doe, Inc. and John Doe.

Laura A. Brevetti, New York City (Robert A. Culp, of counsel) for Respondents-Appellants Richard Roe, Inc. and Richard Roe.

Sean F. O'Shea, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York (Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, David C. James, Lee G. Dunst, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel) for Petitioner-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, ALTIMARI, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the scope of the so-called "crime-fraud" exception to the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product immunity (collectively "the privileges"). Appellant corporations John Doe, Inc. and Richard Roe, Inc.1 asserted the privileges with respect to four grand jury subpoenas seeking documents and testimony from the corporations and from attorneys who jointly represented the firms at one time...

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