MOODY v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

No. 80-1456.

654 F.2d 795 (1981)

Shearn MOODY, Jr., Appellant, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1981.

As Amended June 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dobrovir, Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph D. Gebhardt, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Richard W. Perkins, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Michael L. Paup, Robert A. Bernstein and George L. Hastings, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Ernest Brown, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and WALD, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

This action is an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding the Internal Revenue Service's ("IRS") refusal to disclose documents pertinent to appellant's Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") requests. Appellant Shearn Moody, Jr. ("Moody") filed three requests1 pursuant to the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552, asking for the release of all records in the...

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