Takazato v. Federal Maritime Commission

633 F.2d 1276 Ryoichi TAKAZATO; Kanematsu-Gosho (U.S.A.), Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION; Karl E. Bakke, Individually and as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission; and James K. Cooper, Individually and as the Federal Maritime Commission's Investigative Officer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-2193. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 4, 1979. Decided Oct. 16, 1980. Rehearing Denied Dec. 29, 1980. Richard C. Brautigam, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for plaintiffs-appellants; J. Thomas Rosch, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. John R. F. Cordes, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court For the Northern District of California. Before WRIGHT, HUG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 Kanematsu-Gosho (U.S.A.), Inc., and its former president, Ryoichi Takazato, (collectively, "Kanematsu-Gosho") brought this action to set aside subpoenas issued by the Federal Maritime Commission requiring Kanematsu-Gosho to produce documentary evidence. The Commission counterclaimed for enforcement of the subpoenas. The district court granted…