MONTGOMERY et al v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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1:17-cv-00918
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January 05, 2021
IRS Must Search Employee Emails For FOIA Docs, Judge Says
The IRS must search through employee emails for documents that fall under a public records request from a couple seeking information on a whistleblower who alerted the agency to their multibillion-dollar tax-shelter scheme, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday.
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June 05, 2020
White & Case Dissed For Bias Claim In FOIA Suit Against IRS
A D.C. judge refused to recuse himself from a Texas couple's Freedom of Information Act case against the IRS, dismissing their argument that he is unfair and criticizing their attorneys from White & Case LLP for bringing the motion.
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May 27, 2020
Couple Wants Judge Ousted For Bias Toward IRS In FOIA Suit
A D.C. federal judge must recuse himself from a Freedom of Information Act case involving the Internal Revenue Service because he has favored the agency and disparaged the plaintiffs, a Texas couple told the court.
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January 11, 2019
IRS Must Search For Whistleblower Docs In FOIA Case
The Internal Revenue Service must search its Whistleblower Office for documents pertaining to aspects of a Freedom of Information Act request, a District of Columbia federal judge has ruled.
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September 07, 2018
IRS Was Right To Withhold Whistleblower Docs, DC Court Finds
The Internal Revenue Service was right to refuse certain documents that could have exposed a whistleblower in a tax shelter investigation, but the agency must revisit its search for other documents being sought as a result of that investigation, according to a recent D.C. federal court opinion.