Legal Opinion

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Author Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 3, 1987No. 85-6194/6195PublishedCited by 167 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TANG, Circuit Judge:

The United States petitioned the district court to enforce an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons served on Author Services, Inc. (ASI) in connection with a criminal tax investigation of L. Ron Hubbard. 1 ASI contended the IRS was not acting in good faith and sought an evidentiary hearing to support that contention. ASI appeals from the district court’s denial of its request for an evidentiary hearing and from the enforcement order; the United States appeals from the district court’s restriction on the IRS’s use of the documents, prohibiting release of the documents to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. LaSalle National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Wayne R. La Mura v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Church of ScientologyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by167 opinions

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  4. In re Conagra Foods, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2015
  5. United States v. JoseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997

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