Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Sawyer
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 4, 1986No. Civ. H-83-2173PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SINGLETON, Chief Judge.
This civil suit revolves around the press release issued by the Internal Revenue Ser vice (“IRS”) after Mr. Elvis Johnson pled guilty to tax evasion. This Memorandum And Order resolves various aspects of the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. The Criminal Prosecution
A government investigation concluded that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had evaded income taxes in 1974 and 1975 by altering documents and claiming false deductions on their joint return. 1 The government accordingly decided to prosecute them for tax evasion under…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Moises Galindo v. Precision American Corp., Georgia Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Johnson v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Johnson v. Sawyer,et alCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Mallas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Elvis E. Johnson v. Robert Sawyer, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Elvis E. Johnson v. Robert Sawyer, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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