PIERSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 75-218.

428 F.Supp. 384 (1977)

John L. PIERSON, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

February 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff; Stephen D. Gardner, James S. Eustice, Max Folkenflik, of Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman, New York City, of counsel.

W. Laird Stabler, Jr., U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., John J. McCarthy, and D. Patrick Mullarkey, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

This case arises out of the retroactive revocation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue ("Commissioner") of two private letter rulings issued previously to Hartford Fire Insurance Company ("Hartford") in connection with a corporate acquisition of Hartford by International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation ("ITT").1 Plaintiff has filed a Motion to Compel seeking the production of 287 documents currently...

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