Legal Opinion
L.A. Linsteadt and Wannelle Linsteadt v. Internal Revenue Service and Roscoe L. Egger, Commissioner
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1984No. 83-1462PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, L.A. Linsteadt and his wife, sue under the Freedom of Information Act (“the Information Act”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to require the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to permit them access to certain agency records. They appeal from summary judgment rejecting their demand insofar as an agency-prepared memorandum that reported only the facts stated by the Linsteadts themselves in an interview between them and an IRS special agent.
I. Overview
The principal legal issue, as will be stated below in more detail, is whether — as the defendant agency contends, and as the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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