Serr v. Sullivan

Citation390 F.2d 619
Decision Date01 March 1968
Docket NumberNo. 16908-16914.,16908-16914.
PartiesHarold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. Juleus J. SULLIVAN, Jr., Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. Francis DEIMEYER, Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. James F. CURRAN, Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. Joseph LETIZIA, Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. James J. WHEATLEY, Jr., Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. Nicholas DeWILDE, Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.). Harold A. SERR, Director Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division Internal Revenue Service, Appellant, v. Gustav MORTENSEN, Hiram Walker Incorporated, (Respondent-Intervenor in D. C.).
CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit)

Philip Wilens, Head, Statutory Enforcement Unit, Criminal Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant. Charles Ruff, Robert Gary, Attys., Dept. of Justice, John W. Coggins, Director, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Legal Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

James H. McGlothlin, Washington, D. C.

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., Richard A. Brady, William A. Dobrovir, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., Philip H. Strubing, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Hiram Walker Incorporated.

H. Francis DeLone, Richard G. Schneider, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee-witnesses: Sullivan, Deimeyer, Curran, Letizia, Wheatley, DeWilde.

Russell E. Ellis, Norristown, Pa., for appellee-witness: Mortensen.

Before KALODNER, FREEDMAN and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Is the Director of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, empowered by the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 27 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., to conduct a special investigation of a permittee of the Division with the power to compel witnesses to appear and testify?

The District Court answered the...

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