Legal Opinion
United States v. George Allee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 3, 1989No. 88-2067PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant, George Allee, appeals a district court order holding him in civil contempt for failing “to comply fully” with that court’s order enforcing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons. The simultaneous order directing that the appellant be confined until he purges himself of the contempt was stayed by the district court pending this appeal of the contempt order. For the reasons which follow, we vacate and remand. We begin with the chronology of events up to, and including, the contempt hearing.
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On June 10, 1987, the IRS issued a summons to Allee to appear before Revenue Officer…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Reisman v. CaplinSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- United States of America and L. Simmons, Revenue Officer, of Internal Revenue Service v. Alberto E. ArgomanizCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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