PATTERSON v. I.R.S.

No. 92-4049.

56 F.3d 832 (1995)

Stephanie A. PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Benjamin Goldgar, Marianne C. Holzhall (argued), Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sue Hendricks Bailey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, Gary R. Allen, Murray S. Horwitz (argued), Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, ESCHBACH, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Stephanie Patterson made two separate requests for information from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552. In complying with her requests, the IRS disclosed some responsive documents, withheld in full or in part other documents based upon certain statutory exemptions, and reported that it was unable to identify any documents responsive to some of her inquiries. In an action...

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