United States Eighth Circuit

A district court order enforcing IRS summonses seeking tax shelter information is affirmed where the IRS had a legitimate purpose for its investigation and the information sought was relevant to such a purpose.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2005
• Published 02/10/2005

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. Gross, argued, St. Louis, MO (David V. Capes, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants., Gretchen M. Wolfinger, argued, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (Frank P. Cihlar, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.