Legal Opinion
Mallas v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1993No. Nos. 92-1982, 92-2027PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
The Internal Revenue Service, without explanation, continued to disseminate reports to tax shelter investors of plaintiffs James G. Mallas and Robert V. Jones, Jr., describing Mallas’ and Jones’ criminal convictions, even after a panel of this court had unanimously reversed those convictions. Mallas, Jones, and several corporations of which they are the sole shareholders, brought the instant action for damages against the United States under 26 U.S.C. § 7431, alleging that the reports constituted the unauthorized disclosure of their tax return information in…
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