DELANEY, MIGDAIL & YOUNG, CHARTERED v. I.R.S.

No. 86-5068.

826 F.2d 124 (1987)

DELANEY, MIGDAIL & YOUNG, CHARTERED, Appellant v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hardin Young, with whom Richard L. Ross, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Mary Francis Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Roger M. Olsen, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Michael L. Paup, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case presents issues concerning the scope and application of the attorney work product privilege under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982 & Supp. III 1985).

The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has adopted a system of statistical sampling to audit large accounts. From the audit of a portion of the items in an account balance or in...

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