Legal Opinion
Stonehill v. Internal Revenue Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 10, 2008No. Civil Action 06-0599 (JDB)PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
The roots of this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case date back over forty years. Following a series of raids on Henry S. Stonehill’s 1 business offices in the Philippines in 1962, the IRS brought a civil tax case against Stonehill and his associate Robert P. Brooks in 1965. In 1980, after nearly two decades of litigation, the IRS obtained a judgment of $17.6 million against Stonehill and Brooks. Many years later, in 1998, Stonehill filed the FOIA request that forms the basis of this lawsuit. In that request, Stonehill sought documents from…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Environmental Protection Agency v. MinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. Estate of StonehillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Lardner v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Moffat v. United States Deparment of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- New Orleans Workers' Ctr. for Racial Justice v. U.S. Immigration & Customs EnforcementCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
- Adamowicz v. Internal Revenue ServiceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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