United States v. Clarke

United States v. Clarke
Decided June 19, 2014
Full case nameUnited States v. Clarke
Citations573 U.S. 248 (more)
Holding
A taxpayer who wants to question Internal Revenue Service agents about their motives for issuing a summons may do so if they can point to "specific facts or circumstances plausibly raising an inference of bad faith."
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
MajorityKagan, joined by unanimous

United States v. Clarke, 573 U.S. 248 (2014), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a taxpayer who wants to question Internal Revenue Service agents about their motives for issuing a summons may do so if they can point to "specific facts or circumstances plausibly raising an inference of bad faith."