Legal Opinion
Cause of Action Inst. v. Internal Revenue Serv.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 17, 2019No. 16-cv-2354 (KBJ)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
In June of 2016, Plaintiff Cause of Action Institute ("CoA Institute") submitted two requests to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") under the Freedom of Information Act ("the FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq. , seeking disclosure of certain communications and records exchanged between the IRS and the United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation ("JCT") from 2009 until the present. (See Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶¶ 7, 9). The IRS declined to produce any responsive records on the grounds that CoA Institute was requesting "non-agency Congressional…
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