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U.S. v. CHEN

No. 95-50228.

99 F.3d 1495 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tei Fu CHEN; The Sunrider Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Lincenberg, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert & Matz, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellants.

George B. Newhouse, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: T.G. NELSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WILKEN, District Judge.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This case deals with the scope of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege, where the attorney is innocent of any wrongdoing or guilty knowledge.

FACTS

Mr. Chen and his wife own Sunrider Corporation and operate TF Chen Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Sunrider. The companies manufacture health food and skin care products and import from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and other countries. The importation tariffs...

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