Susan B.. Long v. United States Internal Revenue Service

693 F.2d 907 82-2 USTC P 9700 Susan B. LONG and Philip H. Long, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Jerome Kurtz, William E. Williams, James D. Swartzwelder, and Marcus Farbenblum, Appellees. No. 82-3030. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1982. Decided Dec. 1, 1982. Stephen K. Strong, Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, Seattle, Wash., for appellants. Mary L. Fahey, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court Western District of Washington. Before KILKENNY, KENNEDY and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. KILKENNY, Circuit Judge: 1 The appellants challenge the district court's order denying their motion for injunctive relief against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We reverse and remand. FACTS 2 The appellants have been involved in extensive litigation for nearly a decade over disclosure of various documents. The documents are prepared by the IRS periodically and contain instructions to IRS data processing personnel regarding the statistical tabulations to prepare and the analyses to perform on data compiled for the Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program. The IRS has conceded that the documents are…