Elvis E. Johnson v. Robert Sawyer, United States of America

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Supplemental and Amending Panel Opinion1

In this suit for damages under the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA or the Act),2 the United States as DefendanL-Appellant appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Elvis E. Johnson. His FTCA action arises from the public dissemination of private taxpayer information about Johnson by agents of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury (IRS). Although we now disagree with some of the central reasoning of the district court’s decision — reasons appro-bated in our original…