Legal Opinion

United States of America and Revenue Agents Clarence H. Isabel and John S. Reid of the Internal Revenue Service v. The El Paso Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 13, 1982No. 81-2484PublishedCited by 269 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The United States and two agents of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) petitioned the district court to enforce two summonses issued to the El Paso Company (El Paso) with regard to a tax audit. One summons sought El Paso’s “tax-pool analysis” — a summary of El Paso’s contingent liability for additional taxes should it ultimately be determined that El Paso owed more taxes than indicated on its return. After a hearing, the district court enforced the tax pool analysis summons and El Paso brought this appeal. We affirm.

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2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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  4. Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by269 opinions

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