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RUECKERT v. I.R.S.

Nos. 84-1945, 84-2154.

775 F.2d 208 (1985)

Thomas E. RUECKERT and Barbara Rueckert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, an agency of the Government of the United States; the State of Illinois; Governor James Thompson of the State of Illinois; J. Thomas Johnson, Director of Revenue of the State of Illinois; Richard E. Dunn, Inspector incharge, Department of Revenue Internal Security Division, State of Illinois; Kenneth Groeper, Inspector, Department of Revenue, State of Illinois, Ron Spencer and Larry Gore, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1985.

As Corrected October 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Stewart, Park Ridge, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gayle P. Miller, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, D.C., Vincenzo Chimera, Illinois, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, Senior District Judge.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Thomas E. Rueckert and Barbara Rueckert, appeal the district court's determination, 587 F.Supp. 1238 (1984), in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment, that they were not entitled to recover damages against state and federal tax officials under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 7217 for an allegedly unauthorized disclosure of their federal income tax returns. We affirm.

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