SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER et al v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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March 09, 2022
IRS Beats FOIA Suit Over Slaughterhouse Immigration Raid
The Southern Poverty Law Center and National Immigration Law Center cannot obtain IRS records relating to an immigration raid on a slaughterhouse because they constitute tax return information that's barred from disclosure, a D.C. federal court said Wednesday.
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April 16, 2020
IRS Says It Won't Provide Immigration Raid Docs In FOIA Suit
The Internal Revenue Code prevents the IRS from disclosing documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act suit relating to an immigration raid at a Tennessee meatpacking plant, the agency told a D.C. federal court.
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March 18, 2020
IRS Can't Dodge Immigration Raid FOIA Requests, Court Told
Tax privacy laws don't protect the Internal Revenue Service from a Freedom of Information Act request for records on an immigration raid at a Tennessee meatpacking plant, two legal groups have told a D.C. federal court.
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September 09, 2019
Groups Denied Win In IRS FOIA Suit Over Immigration Raid
A D.C. federal court Monday denied an initial attempt by the Southern Poverty Law Center and National Immigration Law Center to force the IRS to disclose records through an information request about its role in a controversial immigration raid.
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August 20, 2019
IRS Hit With FOIA Suit Over Immigration Raid Docs
The Southern Poverty Law Center and National Immigration Law Center have sued the Internal Revenue Service in D.C. federal court saying the agency dodged an information request about an immigration raid at a Tennessee meatpacking plant that resulted in over 100 arrests.