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SHELL OIL CO. v. I.R.S.

Civ. A. No. 89-468-JRR.

772 F.Supp. 202 (1991)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and Department of the Treasury, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. LaMotte, III of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, Del. (Charles W. Hall, J. Todd Shields, John C. Letteri, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel), for plaintiff.

William C. Carpenter, U.S. Atty., and Patricia C. Hannigan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wilmington, Del. (Kathryn J. Brown, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendants.

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge.*

Plaintiff Shell Oil Company brought this action as part of its effort to learn the contents of certain Internal Revenue Service documents. These documents were requested by Shell under the Freedom of Information Act, but were withheld as privileged by defendants Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury. Shell has moved for partial summary judgment regarding a single document. The...

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