United States v. John Pimentel and Duroyd Manufacturing Co., Inc.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a February 6, 1986 Memorandum and Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, reported at 626 F.Supp. 1372, as modified by an unreported Memorandum and Order dated May 13, 1986. The orders suppressed two incriminating letters uncovered during a post-contract audit of appellee corporation by a representative of the Department of Defense. For the reasons hereafter assigned, we reverse.

In the Spring of 1982, Duroyd Manufacturing Co., a corporation wholly owned by appellee John Pimentel, submitted a…