Legal Opinion
Beresford v. United States
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 21, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 88 CV 2003 DTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
VIRGINIA M. MORGAN, United States Magistrate.
This matter is before the court on plaintiff's motion to compel discovery in this tax refund case involving valuation of shares owned by the plaintiff estate in the Evening News Association (ENA). As set forth in the parties’ stipulation, the sole issue is whether 26 U.S.C. § 6103 prohibits the disclosure of the requested information.
ENA owned several newspapers, the largest of which was the Detroit News. After the pertinent time period in this lawsuit, ENA was acquired by Gannett Corporation. At issue in this lawsuit is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Etc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Jerome Kurtz, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Defendants- Appellants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- John L. Neufeld v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Jay B. White v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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