Legal Opinion
Darling v. United States
District Court, E.D. California
Decided August 1, 1972No. Civ. S-2322PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Darrell W. Darling, Lawrence A. Moorman, R. Bruce Ware, and Donald G. Morgan are trustees of a trust established by the Telephone War Tax Protest Committee. The trustors have been paying the federal excise tax on their telephone service to the trustees because they believe that the purpose of the tax is to support an unconstitutional war in Vietnam. The trustees have been charged with the duty of determining to which of two alternative beneficiaries the funds should be paid: the United States of America or the North ern California…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- New York Life Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Arthur L. Lee and Florence Grusenmeyer, Formerly Florence LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Donald Kalish v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Dry Dock Savings InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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