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U.S. v. METT

Nos. 97-10504, 97-10505.

178 F.3d 1058 (1999)

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William D. METT, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin L. Wiseman, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Wachtel, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellant Wiseman.

Dennis P. Riordan, Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Rosenthal, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellant Mett.

Lawrence L. Tong, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SINGLETON, District Court Judge.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

William Mett ("Mett") and Marvin Wiseman ("Wiseman") appeal from jury convictions arising out of certain improper transactions involving pension benefit plans administered by them. Because highly prejudicial evidence was erroneously admitted against the defendants at trial in violation of the attorney-client privilege, and because this error was not harmless, we reverse the convictions. In order to assist the district court on remand, we also...

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