Fay Anderson v. United States

Fay Anderson and members of his family seek redress under the Federal Tort Claims Act for invasion of privacy, wiretapping, and damage to business and reputation allegedly resulting from negligent design and implementation of the Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Preparer’s Program. The district court for the Northern District of Iowa (McManus, C. J.) dismissed the action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a), the so-called discretionary acts exception to the FTCA, and 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h), which bars claims under the FTCA for, among other things, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, libel,…