Legal Opinion

Linn v. Chivatero

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 19, 1983No. 82-3309PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Kenneth Linn is an officer and the majority stockholder of International Marketing and Development Corporation. Linn, his corporation, and one of his attorneys, John Stassi, II, brought this action seeking an injunction ordering several Internal Revenue Service agents to return certain documents accidentally produced in response to an IRS summons and further seeking an injunction against the use of any information gathered from examination of the documents. The district court dismissed the action and Linn1 timely appealed. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  4. Koke v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. Buaiz v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007

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