UNITED STATES v. FREEDOM CHURCH

No. 79-1281.

613 F.2d 316 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America and Anthony Carsanaro, Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service, Petitioners-Appellees, v. The FREEDOM CHURCH and Reverend Richard M. Doncaster, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Boston, Mass., with whom Snyder & Weinstein, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellants.

Joseph S. Ackerstein, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Charles E. Brookhart, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts enforcing an administrative summons issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to appellant Reverend Richard M. Doncaster, pursuant to an investigation of the tax liability of appellant The Freedom Church, of which Reverend Doncaster is pastor. The action was filed pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 7402(b)1 and...

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