1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 818 F.2d
  5. 818 F.2d 536 (1987)
 

MID-SOUTH MUSIC CORP. v. U.S.

No. 85-6073.

818 F.2d 536 (1987)

MID-SOUTH MUSIC CORPORATION et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., E. Franklin Childress, Jr., Robert L. Welsh, Tax Div., Civil Trial Section, Dept. of Justice, Michael L. Paup (Lead Counsel), Chief, Appellate Section, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Roger M. Olsen, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Jonathan S. Cohen, William A. Whitledge (argued), for defendant-appellant.

William P. Jones (argued), Hendersonville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRITT, WELLFORD and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, the United States, appeals from a judgment rendered against it by the district court for $174,000 in compensatory damages, and $1,000 in punitive damages, as the result of its having found, after a trial to the court, that employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had made unauthorized disclosures of information from plaintiff's 1981 income tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 6103.

This litigation has...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases