EINHORN v. DeWITT

No. 79-2709.

618 F.2d 347 (1980)

David EINHORN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles O. DeWITT, District Director Internal Revenue Service, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. Weinstein, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Stephen M. Pave, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, App. Sec., Robert E. Lindsay, Wynette J. Hewett, Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and TATE, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Taxpayers sought injunctive and mandamus relief based upon taxpayers' interpretation of 26 C.F.R. § 601.107(b)(2) as imposing upon the Internal Revenue Service a mandatory obligation to disclose requested information in a criminal investigation. The district court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Because we interpret the disclosure aspects of the regulation to be discretionary and find no basis for jurisdiction, we affirm.

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