UNITED STATES v. GROOS NAT. BANK OF SAN ANTONIO

No. 80-2166 Summary Calendar.

661 F.2d 36 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America and Bruce J. Conklin, IRS Special Agent, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GROOS NATIONAL BANK OF SAN ANTONIO, Defendant, Reverend George E. Lewis, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

October 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. MacPherson, Phoenix, Ariz., for intervenor-appellant.

Jack B. Moynihan, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., John F. Murray, Act. Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup, Chief, Appellate Sec., Charles E. Brookhart, Farley P. Katz, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CHARLES CLARK, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

George Lewis appeals from the district court's order enforcing 13 summonses issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Lewis contends that the summonses violate the first amendment, that they were issued in violation of IRS's statutory authority and that they were not issued in good faith. We disagree.

Lewis is a practicing anesthesiologist and a minister of the Evangelical Church of the Golden Rule. Because the IRS had not received any income...

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