Legal Opinion
Thompson v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1977No. Civ. A. 75-1653PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
McGLYNN, District Judge.
This tax refund suit must be decided in a somewhat bizarre factual context.
The story begins on September 1, 1972, when the taxpayer 1 was about to embark on a flight from the Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles, California. Because she fit the “profile” 2 of a potential hijacker, she was detained by Customs Agents who, with her consent, searched her baggage. 3 It was discovered that one of the smaller pieces of luggage “was completely filled with stacks of money” which, when counted, totalled $40,055.00. Asked the source of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Charles Davis AKA Marcus AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Scanlon v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1971
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. GilbertDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Prince v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2009
- First National Bank of Forth Worth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- First National Bank Of Fort Worth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Estate of Fink v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1986
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