SMIERTKA v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF TREASURY, ETC.

No. 78-1472.

604 F.2d 698 (1979)

Alan R. SMIERTKA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Persina, Associate Gen. Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert M. Tobias, General Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

R. Bruce Johnson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, ROBINSON, Circuit Judge and VAN DUSEN, United States Senior Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge VAN DUSEN.

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant, Alan R. Smiertka, filed this action under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a (1977), seeking access to documents held by the defendant-appellee, Internal Revenue Service. The district court, on February 16, 1978, entered summary judgment for defendant, in part on the basis of § 3(d)(5) of the Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(d)(5), which exempts...

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