Ecclesiastical Order of the Ism of Am, Inc. v. Chasin

This is a Bivens case * filed initially against the Internal Revenue Service and certain of its agents for allegedly violating the plaintiffs’ First and Fifth Amendment rights by denying tax-exempt status to the Ecclesiastical Order of the Ism of Am, Inc. On a prior appeal this court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the IRS, but the case was remanded for further proceedings with respect to the then-unknown agents. Ecclesiastical Order of the Ism of Am, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service, 725 F.2d 398 (6th Cir.1984). On remand, the plaintiffs were permitted to file amended complaints…