Legal Opinion
John L. Neufeld v. Internal Revenue Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 9, 1981No. 80-1131PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant, an assistant professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina—Greensboro, sought access through this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Supp. Ill 1979), to certain memoranda, logs, forms, and correspondence which related to contacts between high-ranking federal officials and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS or Service) regarding the tax matters of third parties. 1 The District Court, per Judge John L. Smith, Jr., held that the IRS must disclose all logs, routing slips, and correspondence regarding contacts…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Susan B. Long and Philip H. Long v. United States Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Cliff v. Internal Revenue ServiceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Common Cause v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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