LIFE SCIENCE CHURCH v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

No. C-81-1418.

525 F.Supp. 399 (1981)

LIFE SCIENCE CHURCH, an unincorporated association; Frank A. Jania; Vincent Victor Kowski; Anthony Carillo; William W. Schwartz; Joan Patterson Garcia, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; Michael Sassi, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Stromer, San Jose, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey S. Niesen, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

AGUILAR, District Judge.

The essence of plaintiffs' action is that the officers and employees of the Treasury Department have been overly zealous in carrying out their Congressional authorization to "inquire after persons who may be liable to pay any internal revenue tax," to the point of violating plaintiffs' rights. See 26 U.S.C. § 7601(a).

Plaintiffs in this action are the Life Science Church (hereinafter referred...

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