Public.Resource.org v. United States Internal Revenue Service

Filing 47

MOTION for Summary Judgment Plaintiff Public.Resource.Org's Consolidated Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Public.Resource.org. Motion Hearing set for 1/7/2015 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William H. Orrick. Responses due by 10/29/2014. Replies due by 12/05/2014. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Burke, Thomas) (Filed on 9/29/2014) Modified on 10/1/2014 to revise response and reply dates (jmdS, COURT STAFF).

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

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THOMAS R. BURKE (CA State Bar No. 141930)
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, California 94111
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RONALD G. LONDON (Pro Hac Vice)
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
1919 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
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DAVID HALPERIN (Pro Hac Vice)
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
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DAN LAIDMAN (State Bar No. 274482)
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2566
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Public.Resource.Org

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG., a California non- ) Case No. 3:13-CV-2789
profit organization,
) Assigned to the Hon. William H. Orrick
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Plaintiff,
) [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
) PLAINTIFF PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG’S
v.
) CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY
) JUDGMENT AND DENYING
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE
) DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SERVICE,
) SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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Defendant.
) Hearing Date: January 7, 2015
) Time:
2:00 p.m.
) Place:
Courtroom 2, 17th Floor
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
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The Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment of Plaintiff Public.Resource.Org, Inc.

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(“Public.Resource”) and Defendant Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) came on regularly for

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hearing on January 7, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., in Courtroom 2 of the above-entitled Court. Having

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reviewed and considered the Cross-Motions and all other papers submitted, and having heard the

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arguments of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Cross-Motion of Public.Resource is

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GRANTED, and the Motion of the IRS is DENIED.
The Court finds that the nine IRS Form 990 tax returns requested by Public.Resource are

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readily reproducible in machine-readable Modernized e-File (“MeF”) format, and therefore must

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be produced to Public.Resource in that format pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(B). The IRS is

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

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directed to make available to Public.Resource machine-readable, MeF-formatted Form 990s for

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the nine tax-exempt organizations that Public.Resource requested through its FOIA request, within

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15 days of this Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: __________________
Hon. William H. Orrick
United States District Judge

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
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