DeSALVO v. I.R.S.

No. 85-2596.

861 F.2d 1217 (1988)

John A. DeSALVO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. DeSalvo, pro se.

William S. Rose, Jr., and Roger M. Olsen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Jonathan S. Cohen, Michael L. Paup, Gayle P. Miller, and Steven W. Parks, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, and Tony M. Graham, U.S. Atty., of counsel, for defendant-appellee.

Before LOGAN and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and O'CONNOR, District judge.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of the plaintiff's request to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The issue on appeal is whether I.R.C. § 6103 exclusively governs the agency's duty to disclose "return information," as defined in I.R.C. § 6103(b)(2), thereby precluding application of the FOIA. We hold that it does not, and affirm in part, reverse in part...

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