ROWLEY v. U.S.

No. 94-2132.

76 F.3d 796 (1996)

William E. ROWLEY and Ellen L. Rowley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Smith, Ron S. Kirsch (argued and briefed), Sanford N. Lakin, Lakin, Worsham & Victor, Southfield, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gary R. Allen, Acting Chief (briefed), Jonathan S. Cohen (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Section Tax Division, Washington, DC, Mary F. Clark, Brentwood, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges; BELL, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

William E. and Ellen L. Rowley appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States in this tax case. Specifically, the Rowleys claim the United States is liable for civil damages for the wrongful disclosure of certain tax return information while advertising a public auction of property seized from the Rowleys to pay a tax obligation. The United States argues in part that summary judgment was proper...

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