Legal Opinion
Marré v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1994No. Nos. 92-2962, 93-2291PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Richard L. Marré (“Marré”) and Agriteeh Enterprises, Inc. (“Agriteeh”) sued the United States under 26 U.S.C. § 7431 for wrongful disclosure of tax return information. The district court awarded statutory damages and attorney’s fees to Marré. Marré and Agriteeh appeal the district court’s damage award to Marré and its rejection of Agri-tech’s claim. The government cross appeals the amount of attorney’s fees awarded by the district court. For reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate in part and remand for further proceedings.
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In 1981, Marré founded Agriteeh…
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