Legal Opinion

United States v. Prescription Home Health Care, Inc. (In Re Prescription Home Health Care, Inc.)

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 30, 2002No. 02-50132PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The Internal Revenue Service contests the district court’s affirming a bankruptcy court’s confirmation of a debtor’s plan of reorganization. The principal issue is whether the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to enjoin the IRS from, under 26 U.S.C. § 6672, assessing and collecting taxes from a non-debtor officer of the debtor corporation. INJUNCTION VACATED; REMANDED.

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Debtor Prescription Home Health Care, Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, is a provider of home health services. Edward Z. Pena is Prescription’s president and sole owner.

In August 2000,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  4. United States v. Energy Resources Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by35 opinions

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