Legal Opinion

Willis v. Alexander

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 19, 1978No. 77-3101PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

Taxpayer, Howell Willis, filed suit in district court for injunctive and declaratory relief with respect to the constitutionality of certain federal income tax laws. The taxpayer asserts numerous issues in this appeal' from the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We find them all to be without merit and affirm the judgment of the district court. A brief discussion of several of these points follows.

Taxpayer filed his federal income tax returns for 1974 and 1975 and “did complete it up to the point…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Garner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Nash Miami Motors, Inc., and Sydney Ginsberg v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. Hartman v. SwitzerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Leslie E. Knighten v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  2. Willis v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. Pace v. PlattDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 2002
  4. United States v. Donald D. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Davis v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1988

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