Legal Opinion

Clark v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 29, 1995No. 95-1173PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this federal income tax case, the government appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to taxpayer Grenville Clark III in his suit to recover monies collected by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by levy. Although we agree with the district court that summary judgment for the taxpayer was appropriate, we reduce the amount of the judgment because the district court erred in finding that Clark had fully extinguished his 1985 tax liability.

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Factual Background

The material facts are not in dispute. On August 14, 1986, Clark and his then-spouse, Marguerite…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Udo U. UDO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Henry TOMES, Commissioner for the Department of Mental Health, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  2. Raymond E. And Dorothy J. O'Bryant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. Groetzinger v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
  4. Richard E. Warner and Virginia A. Warner v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  5. Rodriguez v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  5. Carroll Eugene Singleton, and Sheila Singleton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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