ARONSON v. I.R.S.

Nos. 91-2256, 91-2257.

973 F.2d 962 (1992)

Robert A. ARONSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Robert A. ARONSON, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Channing S. MacDonald, Boston, Mass., with whom Richard W. Lubart, Brookline, Mass., was on brief, for Robert A. Aronson.

Frank P. Cihlar, with whom James A. Bruton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Gary R. Allen, and Jonathan S. Cohen, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for I.R.S. et al.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, CYR, Circuit Judge, BOYLE, District Judge.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

The government appeals a district court 767 F.Supp. 378 judgment requiring the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") to provide Robert Aronson, a private tracer of lost taxpayers, with the last known street addresses of persons to whom the government owes tax refunds for the years 1981-87. The district court held that the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, requires that disclosure. In our...

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