Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Sawyer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1995No. 91-02763PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
In this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)1 suit, Elvis Johnson (Johnson) was awarded a ten million dollar judgment against the United States for the issuance by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) personnel of two press releases concerning Johnson’s recent conviction for filing a false and fraudulent federal income tax return contrary to 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Johnson claimed, and the district court found, that issuance of the press releases violated 26 U.S.C. § 6103(a)(1), which proscribes disclosure of tax return information by federal employees, and caused him to lose his job as…
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