Elvis E. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Robert SAWYER, et al., Defendants,
United States of America, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 16, 1995.
March 16, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, Michael J. Salem, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Jonathan S. Cohen, Atty., Gary R. Allen, Chief, Joy L. Pritts, Atty., Appellate Section, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Robert S. Greenspan, Asst. Director, and Jacob M. Lewis, Atty., Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant.
Larry A. Campagna and Robert I. White, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, TX, for Elvis E. Johnson.
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING, JOHNSON, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
In this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)1 suit, Elvis Johnson (Johnson) was awarded a ten million dollar judgment against the United States for the issuancService (IRS) personnel of two press releases concerning Johnson's recent conviction for filing a false and fraudulent federal income tax return contrary to 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Johnson claimed, and the district court found, that issuance of thpress releases violated...
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