Legal Opinion
United States v. Amos P. Brown, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1977No. 75-3503PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case, one of the very few1 in the recorded annals of the 85 year history of the Fifth Circuit, involves not the trials and tribulations, attempted frauds and other derelictions of taxpayers, which are common grist for our mill. Rather, it involves fraud by a tax preparer, one whose Twentieth Century occupation is now almost indispensable to all save those taxpayers who can use, or risk the use of, a short form with standard deductions. In this Bicentennial foray we see the hazards both to the system and to the protection of rights of the public and the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Spies v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by59 opinions
- United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Peter Angelilli, William Butler, Donald Irish, and Donald RibotskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Reyes VargasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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