United States v. United States District Court, Central District of California, Maurice H. Friedman and John Rosselli, Real Parties in Interest. United States of America v. Maurice H. Friedman, United States of America v. John Rosselli

509 F.2d 1352 32 A.L.R.Fed. 904 UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent; Maurice H. FRIEDMAN and John Rosselli, Real Parties in Interest. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Maurice H. FRIEDMAN, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John ROSSELLI, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 74--1827, 74--2134 and 74--2135. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 20, 1975. Certiorari Denied May 12, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1949 . Hugh W. Blanchard, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner-appellant. Marvin G. Claitman (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee Friedman. Leslie Scherr (argued), Washington, D.C., for appellee Rosselli. Before WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, * District Judge. OPINION CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Government appeals from district court orders reducing fines assessed against Rosselli and Friedman. The Government also petitions this court for a writ of mandamus ordering the district court to vacate its orders. We grant the writ. Statement of Facts 2 Friedman and Rosselli were tried together in the Central District of…