UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT MOTOR CO., INC.

No. 74-4227.

536 F.2d 1090 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America and R. S. Phillips, Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WRIGHT MOTOR COMPANY, INC., Wright Discount Company, and M. E. Wright, President, Wright Motor Company, Inc., and Wright Discount Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayman G. Sherrer, U. S. Atty., Charles D. Stewart, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Gilbert E. Andrews, Crombie J. D. Garrett, Daniel F. Ross, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James A. Harris, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, McCREE and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 26, 1976.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the government from the district court's dismissal of a petition to enforce an Internal Revenue Service summons. The principal issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in ordering an IRS special agent to answer, in the course of his deposition, specific questions about a criminal investigation of the taxpayer. We affirm.

On April 23, 1974...

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