368 U.S. 208 (1961) Cited 199 times 1 Legal Analyses
In St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States, 365 U.S. 857, 81 S.Ct. 825, 5 L.Ed.2d 822 (1961), the only case that the authors directly cite in support of their statement, the Court simply granted a stay of the accrual of forfeitures ordered below while the case was pending in the Supreme Court.
Holding that the defendants must chose a physician near the plaintiff's residence or in the District where the action is pending and noting that "most courts require the plaintiff to submit to an examination by a physician chosen by the defendant if it is held in the venue where the plaintiff chose to file the action."
Holding that "[a]lthough tax returns are not privileged documents, Court are reluctant to order their discovery in part because of the 'private nature of the sensitive information contained therein, and in part from the public interest in encouraging the filing by taxpayers of complete and accurate returns'"
In Eastern Auto Distributors v. Peugeot Motors, Etc., 96 F.R.D. 147, 148 (1982), a United States district court held that while courts have not recognized the existence of a general privilege against disclosure of tax returns, "a `qualified' privilege emerges from the case law that disfavors the disclosure of income tax returns as a matter of general federal policy."
In Mitsui v. Puerto Rico Water Resources Auth., 79 F.R.D. 72 (D.P.R.1978) the court held the place of communication was the proper standard to determine the existence of an accountant/client privilege.
Granting plaintiff's motion for a protective order as to the production of his income tax returns finding that defendant did not establish a "compelling need" where the information sought could be learned from other sources such as other financial records and the plaintiff's deposition
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 Cited 5,019 times 20 Legal Analyses
Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"
In section 3 it is provided that the consideration to be paid by the buyer is to be $200,000 of which $165,000 is to be represented by an installment note payable to the corporation and Ward, secured by all of the stock of WHRW, Inc., which is to be placed in escrow under an escrow agreement where default in paying the note would result in title to the stock being transferred to the holder of the note or some purchaser at public sale.