Institute For Justice v. IRS

  1. November 01, 2019

    IRS Database FOIA Suit Erroneously Dismissed, DC Circ. Says

    Whether or not an IRS computer system is a "database" that can be mined for a Freedom of Information Act request is a question of fact erroneously dismissed by a district court, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday.

  2. September 12, 2019

    DC Circ. Not Sure If IRS Can Slip Database Designation

    The D.C. Circuit seemed wary Thursday of the Internal Revenue Service's argument that a system its manual calls a database isn't actually one for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act suit it's trying to get out of.

  3. May 08, 2019

    IRS Tells DC Circ. It Satisfied FOIA Ask On Seized Assets

    An advocacy group's quest for IRS data on seized assets miscategorizes an electronic system as a database, the agency told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday in averring that it satisfied the group's Freedom of Information Act request.