United States v. Benjamin

852 F.2d 413 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David R. BENJAMIN; Philip C. Bourdette; Miriam R. Bourdette; Cecilia Jason Dederich; Dan L. Garrett, Jr.; Elizabeth Missakian; Sybil Schiff; Steven Simon; Dan Sorkin, Defendants- Appellants. Nos. 86-1337, 86-1388. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 15, 1988. Decided July 7, 1988. William C. Brown, Dept. of Justice, Legal Advice Section, Criminal Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee. Robert D. Luskin, Onek, Klein & Farr, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Nolan, Nolan & Parnes, Palo Alto, Cal., Jay W. Powell, Powell & MacGlashan, Visalia, Cal., Robert N. Harris, Gonzalez & Harris, Mark E. Overland, Overland, Berke, Wesley, Gits, Randolph & Levanas, Los Angeles, Cal., Kenneth W. DeVaney, Salvatore Sciandra, Elia & Sciandra, Fresno, Cal., John L. Williams, Manchester & Williams, San Jose, Cal., Richard B. Mazer, San Francisco, Cal., Tom Henze, Henze, Ronan & Clark, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before KOELSCH, SCHROEDER and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.…