Legal Opinion

Linda Romano-Murphy v. Commissioner of IRS

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 7, 2016No. 13-13186PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JORDAN, Circuit Judge:

Learned Hand and John Minor Wisdom, two of our most venerated jurists, described the Internal Revenue Code as a labyrinth. See Branum v. Commissioner, 17 F.3d 805, 808 (5th Cir.1994) (Wisdom, J.); Learned Hand, Thomas Walter Swan, 57. Yale L. Rev. 167, 169 (1947). After laboring on this tax appeal for a while, we can understand why.

Two questions, both of a procedural nature, confront us. The first one, which appears to be a matter of first impression, is whether the existing statutory and regulatory framework entitles a taxpayer to a pre-assessment determination of her…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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  3. Morton v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lindell Washington v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
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  4. Douglas Bourdon v. United States Department of Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Alan M. Berkun v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018

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