Legal Opinion
Dougal C. Pope v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1979No. 78-2550PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
The question in this appeal is whether certain documents containing unsolicited information concerning possible misconduct by a lawyer given to the Internal Revenue Service are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 1 where the information subsequently led to the consideration of disciplinary proceedings against the lawyer and disclosure of the documents would reveal the source of the information.
Appellee Dougal C. Pope is a lawyer who represents taxpayers before the IRS. On February 20, 1975, he requested the disclosure of any information…
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