OSBORN v. I.R.S.

No. 83-1208.

754 F.2d 195 (1985)

Carleton J. OSBORN and Janet M. Osborn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. D'Agostini; Mary G. Falcone (argued), Joseph Falcone, Lieberman & Falcone, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas O. Plouff, Atty., Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Michael L. Paup, Richard W. Perkins, Elaine F. Ferris, Gayle Miller (argued), Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Carleton and Janet Osborn appeal from a judgment in favor of the United States in their action to obtain information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 6103. We conclude that the district court erred in failing to require the IRS to submit a detailed summary of the withheld documents — a so-called Vaughn...

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