Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 17, 1953No. 14115_1PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, was convicted of willfully and knowingly attempting to defeat and evade a large part of the income tax due and owing by him and his wife for the years 1948, 1949 and 1950, 26 U.S.C.A. § 145(b). 1 Defendant was the sheriff of Tarrant County, Texas, and his trial and conviction followed close upon the heels of the trial and conviction of A. L. Wardlaw, Assistant District Attorney for that County. See Wardlaw v. United States, No. 14,105, 5 Cir., 203 F.2d 884. The court sentenced the defendant to serve a three year term of imprisonment on Count…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. United States v. John Cardillo, Lawrence Harris, Ralph Kaminsky, John Knapp, Louis Margolis, and Louis PiselliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  2. Harper v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1970
  3. Falsone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  4. Marion Francis Fountain and Roosevelt Tremble v. United States of America, Eugene J. Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  5. E. C. Lloyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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