OLIVE v. ISHERWOOD, HUNTER & DIEHM

Civ. No. 1987/40.

656 F.Supp. 1171 (1987)

Anthony P. OLIVE, Director of Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue Plaintiff, v. ISHERWOOD, HUNTER & DIEHM Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

March 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne E. Bozzuto, Office of the Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for plaintiff.

Richard H. Hunter, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

This petition asks us to enforce a tax summons for documents involving a lawyer's escrow account. We find that these documents are not privileged and that the law firm has failed to make a substantial showing that the Government ordered production in bad faith. The summons will, therefore, be enforced.

I. FACTS

On November 25, 1986, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue...

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