FIRST AMERICAN CORP. v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Docket Nos. 98-7500(L), 98-7529(XAP).

154 F.3d 16 (1998)

FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION and First American Bankshares, Inc., Petitioners-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP, a limited liability partnership registered under the laws of the State of Delaware, Respondent-Cross-Appellee, Price Waterhouse United Kingdom Firm, a partnership organized under the laws of England, United Kingdom, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher F. Dugan, Washington, D.C. (Stephen J. Brogan, Washington, D.C., Stephen C. Bennett, New York, NY, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, on the brief) for Petitioners-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

James E. Tolan, New York, NY (William K. Dodds, Peter L. Critchell, Amianna Stovall, Dechert Price & Rhoads, on the brief) for Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Edwin G. Schallert, New York, NY (Barton Legum, Faune P. Devlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, on the brief) for Respondent-Cross-Appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, JACOBS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal, heard on an expedited basis, reviews orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sweet, J.) enforcing a non-party witness subpoena against a United Kingdom accounting partnership, and finding the firm in contempt for failure to comply.

In the several years leading up to the collapse of the Bank of Commerce and Credit International ("BCCI"), Price Waterhouse United Kingdom Firm...

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