Legal Opinion
Tony Mark v. Paul Groff
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1975No. 73-3362PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Mark appeals from dismissal of his complaint against three Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) agents for alleged violation of his constitutional rights. We reverse.
Facts
Mark (appellant), a tax accountant, claimed that the I.R.S. agents (appellees) maliciously, intentionally and wantonly took certain actions to ruin his tax return preparation business and to cause him extreme anguish and emotional distress. According to the complaint’s allegations, which we must accept as true for purposes of this appeal, the agents beginning in 1970 made false and derogatory…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- Delores A. Mosher v. H. C. Saalfeld and Wesley J. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Jack Harris, II v. City of Roseburg, Municipal Corporation, John Miller and Les BergmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Briggs v. GoodwinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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