United States v. Klinghoffer Bros. Realty Corp., Irving Jacobson and Albert Klinghoffer

On Petitions for Rehearing

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The defendants and the United States of America both petition for rehearing. We shall first consider the defendants’ petition, which may be disposed of quickly.

Defendants seek reconsideration of the court’s conclusion that their alleged right to inspection under the Jencks statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3500, was lost for lack of specific reference. We agree that “no ritual of words” is necessary to invoke the rights granted by the statute. See Howard v. United States, 108 U.S.App. D.C. 38, 278 F.2d 872, 874. In the present case, however, defendants’…