Terry L. Jones v. United States

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Terry Jones and Patricia Jones sued the United States for wrongfully disclosing tax information in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 6103. After the district court granted summary judgment in the government’s favor on the ground that Agent Angelo Stennis acted in good faith in telling a confidential- informant about an impending search of Jones Oil Company, see Jones v. United States, 898 F.Supp. 1360 (D.Neb.1995), we reversed and remanded for further proceedings. See Jones v. United States, 97 F.3d 1121 (8th Cir.1996). We *510held that it was the government’s burden…