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 NICOLA T. HANNA, SBN 130694, nhanna@gibsondunn.comGIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 1200Irvine, CA 92612Telephone: (949) 451-3800Facsimile: (949) 451-4220Attorneys for Defendant STUART CARSONKIMBERLY A. DUNNE, SBN 142721, kdunne@sidley.comSIDLEY AUSTIN LLP555 W. Fifth Street, Suite 4000Los Angeles, CA 90013-1010Telephone: (213) 896-6000Facsimile: (213) 896-6600Attorneys for Defendant HONG CARSONTHOMAS H. BIENERT, JR., SBN 135311, tbienert@bmkattorneys.comBIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350San Clemente, CA 92673Telephone: (949) 369-3700Facsimile: (949) 369-3701Attorneys for Defendant PAUL COSGROVEDAVID W. WIECHERT, SBN 94607, dwiechert@aol.comLAW OFFICES OF DAVID W. WIECHERT115 Avenida Miramar San Clemente, CA 92672Telephone: (949) 361-2822Facsimile: (949) 496-6753Attorneys for Defendant DAVID EDMONDSUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTCENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIASOUTHERN DIVISIONUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff,v.STUART CARSON, et al.,Defendants.CASE NO. SA CR 09-00077-JVS
DEFENDANTS’ OBJECTIONS TOGOVERNMENT’S PROPOSED JURYINSTRUCTION REGARDING“FOREIGN OFFICIAL” AND“INSTRUMENTALITY”
HearingDate: August 12, 2011Time: 1:30 p.m.Courtroom: 10CTrial Date: June 5, 2012The Honorable James V. Selna
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageI. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1
 
II. ARGUMENT ........................................................................................................ 1
 
A.
 
Legal Standard ............................................................................................ 1
 
B.
 
The Government’s Proposed Instruction That An FCPA“Instrumentality” Is “Any Entity Through Which A ForeignGovernment Achieves An End Or Purpose” Does Not CorrectlyState The Law ............................................................................................. 2
 
C.
 
The Government’s Proposed Instruction Does Not Provide TheJury With Adequate Guidance To Intelligently DetermineWhether A Particular SOE Is An FCPA “Instrumentality” ....................... 6
 
III. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................. 14
 
 
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Page(s)
Cases
 
 Am. Textile Mfrs. Inst. v. Donovan
,452 U.S. 490 (1981).................................................................................................... 4
 Berger v. City of Seattle
,569 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2009) .................................................................................. 14
Carter v. Welles-Bowen Realty, Inc
.,719 F. Supp. 2d 846 (N.D. Ohio 2010) .................................................................... 14
Chuman v. Wright 
,76 F.3d 292 (9th Cir. 1996) .................................................................................... 1, 2
Comm’r v. Duberstein
,363 U.S. 278 (1960)............................................................................................ 12, 13
Corley v. United States
,129 S. Ct. 1558 (2009) ................................................................................................ 4
Giaccio v. State of Pa
.,382 U.S. 399 (1966).................................................................................................. 10
Gutierrez v. Ada
,528 U.S. 250 (2000).................................................................................................... 5
 Hall v. Am. Nat’l Red Cross
,86 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 1996) ........................................................................................ 3
 In Re Winship
,397 U.S. 358 (1970).................................................................................................... 8
 Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co.
,367 U.S. 303 (1961).................................................................................................... 5
Mayall v. Peabody Coal Co.,
 7 F.3d 570 (7th Cir. 1993) .......................................................................................... 2
Miller v. Neathery
,52 F.3d 634 (7th Cir. 1995) ........................................................................................ 2
 Neder v. United States
,527 U.S. 1 (1999) ........................................................................................................ 9
 NLRB v. Federbush Co.
,121 F.2d 954 (2d Cir. 1941) ....................................................................................... 5
 Phillip Morris USA v. Williams
,549 U.S. 346 (2007).............................................................................................. 7, 10
 Record Head Corp. v. Sachen
,682 F.2d 672 (7th Cir. 1982) .................................................................................... 13
Shad v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
,799 F.2d 525 (9th Cir. 1986) .............................................................................. 1, 6, 7
Shell Oil Co v. Iowa Dep’t of Revenue
,488 U.S. 19 (1988) ...................................................................................................... 5
 
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