Legal Opinion
United States of America Philip E. Coates v. Ernst & Whinney Ray Groves
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1984No. 84-3283PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
In the course of conducting audits of taxpayers subscribing to an investment tax credit (ITC) study marketed by Ernst & Whinney, (E & W), a national accounting firm, in the southeastern part of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) discovered what it considered to be a pattern of improper and questionable practices employed by E & W in that study. As a consequence, the United States instituted an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia seeking to enjoin E & W from marketing that investment tax credit study. United…
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