Legal Opinion

Michael Campodonico v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 27, 1955No. 14089PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

Unlike many other trapped tax-evaders, the appellant does not maintain, like Abimelech of Gerar, that “In the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this”. 1 With his admitted record of gambling, bootlegging, embezzlement, perjury, and prostitution, such a protestation of purity would hardly be convincing.

On the contrary, the appellant relies upon such technical defenses as these:

“The case at bar is not a proper case in which to apply the net worth theory as it did not clearly and accurately establish by competent evidence the net worth of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. United States v. CalderonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  5. Friedberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Raymond A. O'COnnOrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  2. The United States of America v. John J. DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
  3. Frank Relerford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  4. William Simmons and Viola Simmons, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  5. Albert George Fouts v. United States of America, Virgil Summers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958

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