Brodnik v. Lanham et al
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1:11-cv-00178
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April 02, 2018
IRS Not Liable For Viewing Taxpayer's Email, Judge Rules
A former Internal Revenue Service agent cannot be liable for violating an acquitted taxpayer's constitutional right to privacy in an investigation for income tax evasion because the alleged harm, accessing the taxpayer's emails, was performed by a private citizen acting on her own and not under the government's direction, a West Virginia federal court held Friday.
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August 01, 2016
IRS Agent Can't Dodge Claim In Suit Over Tax Evasion Case
A former Internal Revenue Service agent can't shake a claim alleging he violated the constitutional rights of a man who was ultimately acquitted of income tax evasion, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Monday.