Legal Opinion

Cause of Action Institute v. Internal Revenue Service

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 17, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2016-2354Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 16-cv-2354 (KBJ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION 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.,…

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