Church of Scientology International v. United States Internal Revenue Service, Church of Scientology Intl. v. United States Internal Revenue Service, Church of Scientology v. United States Internal Revenue Service

995 F.2d 916 72 A.F.T.R.2d 93 -5139 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellant. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTL., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellant. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 92-55817, 92-55828 and 92-55831. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1993. Decided June 9, 1993. Jonathan S. Cohen, Gary R. Allen, Murray S. Horwitz, Asst. Attys. Gen., Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant. Kendrick L. Moxon, Bowles & Moxon, Hollywood, CA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: HALL, WIGGINS, TROTT, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 This case is a consolidation of three cases arising in the Central District of California. In each case, the Church of Scientology International ("Church") requested that the Exempt Organization division ("EO") of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") disclose certain documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"),…