Legal Opinion
United States v. Lundwall
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 2, 1998No. 97 CR. 0211 (BDP)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
PARKER, District Judge.
Richard A. Lundwall and Robert W. Ul-rich, two former officials of Texaco, Inc., are charged in a two count Superceding Indictment with conspiring to obstruct justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and with obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. They move .to dismiss on the ground that § 1503 does not apply to civil discovery matters. Since we conclude that § 1503 reaches the willful destruction of documents during civil litigation, defendants’ motion is denied.
The Indictment charges that defendants’ conduct occurred during the…
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