56 Fair empl.prac.cas. 721, 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,888 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Recruit U.S.A., Inc. Interplace/transworld Recruit, Inc.

939 F.2d 746 56 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 721 , 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,888 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RECRUIT U.S.A., INC.; Interplace/Transworld Recruit, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-16095. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 1991. Decided July 19, 1991. John R. Shiner, Baker & McKenzie, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Susan L. Starr, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SNEED, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION 1 On May 30, 1989, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") filed a complaint seeking an ex parte temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction prohibiting Recruit, U.S.A., Inc. ("Recruit"), and Transworld Recruit, Inc. (d.b.a. Interplace) ("Interplace") from destroying, altering, or removing beyond the territorial limits of the United States certain business records pertaining to allegedly discriminatory practices engaged in by the two companies. EEOC argued that the information was essential to…