Premises Known as 225, 1468 & 1470 Statler Towers v. United States

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

This case involves an effort by several related business firms to compel the government to provide copies at its own expense of voluminous records belonging to the firms but seized under a search *797warrant. Appellants argue that they cannot continue in business without at least copies of the records. While we have doubts concerning whether an order denying such a motion is appealable, we are convinced that the district court did not abuse its discretion in ordering the owners to bear reproduction costs once the government had offered them reasonable access to the documents…