Legal Opinion
United States v. Askins & Miller Orthopaedics, P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2019No. 18-11434PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Circuit Judge:
The IRS says it needs a preliminary injunction against Askins & Miller Orthopaedics-a serial employment-tax delinquent-to ensure that it gets its due as taxes continue to pile up. It could just wait for nonpayment and later seek a money judgment, but if past is prologue, the money will be long gone before the IRS can collect. Given the alternative of a valid but potentially useless action for damages, does the IRS necessarily have an "adequate" remedy at law that puts an injunction out of the question? We conclude that it does not, so we vacate the district court's order…
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