NorCal Tea Party Patriots v. Internal Revenue Service et al

  1. November 07, 2016

    IRS' Tea Party Screening Likely Unconstitutional, Judge Says

    The IRS suffered a heavy blow Friday in a class action alleging the agency unlawfully scrutinized conservative group tax-exemption applications, when an Ohio federal judge said tea party organizations would likely succeed on their First and Fifth Amendment claims.

  2. June 28, 2016

    IRS Agents Want 'Reasonable Protections' In Bias Deposition

    Individual Internal Revenue Service workers told an Ohio federal judge on Monday that they're willing to give depositions in a class action brought by conservative organizations alleging that their agency illegally scrutinized requests for tax-exempt status; they just need safeguards to ensure that they remain witnesses and don't become defendants.

  3. March 23, 2016

    6th Circ. Chides IRS For Stalling In Tea Party Bias Row

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday rebuked attorneys from the Internal Revenue Service for not complying with a court order to turn over documents in a class action brought by a group of conservative organizations accusing the agency of illegally scrutinizing requests for tax-exempt status.

  4. March 21, 2016

    IRS Hits Back At Texas Tea Party Group In Tax Row

    The U.S. Internal Revenue Service told an Ohio federal court on Friday that the agency should not be forced to process a tea party group's application for tax-exempt status in a suit brought by a group of conservative organizations accusing the IRS of illegally scrutinizing such requests.

  5. January 12, 2016

    Tea Party Groups Get Class Cert. In Suit Against IRS

    An Ohio federal judge on Tuesday granted class certification to a group of conservative organizations in a suit alleging the Internal Revenue Service illegally scrutinized their tax-exempt status applications.

  6. May 14, 2015

    IRS Wants Too Much Info In Tea Party Tax Battle, Group Says

    Conservative group Citizens for Self-Governance urged an Ohio federal court on Wednesday to protect it from disclosing communications it shared with a fellow organization pursuing a class action against the IRS over its treatment of conservative groups, saying the federal government is overreaching.

  7. July 17, 2014

    IRS Can't Escape Tea Party Group's Bias Claims

    An Ohio federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss a suit filed by a tea party group alleging the Internal Revenue Service illegally scrutinized conservative organizations' tax-exempt status applications, while agreeing to free IRS managers from the suit.

  8. January 31, 2014

    IRS Says Tea Party Groups Can't Bring Bias Suit

    The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday launched another effort to dismiss a class action filed by tea party groups alleging the agency illegally scrutinized conservative organizations' tax-exempt status applications, telling a Ohio federal judge that the groups don't have the authority to sue.

  9. May 21, 2013

    Tea Party Groups Hit IRS With 1st Suits In Bias Scandal

    A pair of tea party groups mounted the first lawsuits against the Internal Revenue Service over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, claiming in a putative class action and an individual suit Monday that their tax-exempt status applications were illegally scrutinized.