Legal Opinion
Wright v. Commissioner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 7, 2009No. Docket 07-1462-agPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
This is the third appeal to consider the baffling ramifications of Raymond Wright’s failure to file tax returns in 1987 and 1989. See Wright v. Comm’r, 381 F.3d 41 (2d Cir.2004); Wright v. Comm’r, 173 F.3d 848 (2d Cir.1999) (Table). Wright, who has appeared pro se throughout this litigation, has been trying to balance the books on his tax obligations, without much help from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Most recently, the United States Tax Court (Vasquez, J.) entered a judgment treating as moot Wright’s challenge to the assessment of his 1987 taxes,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Liteky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Commissioner v. McCoySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Greene-Thapedi v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2006
- Frank Locascio v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Jose Ortiz v. D. McBride Sgt. & R.O. Mara, Counselor of Arthur Kill Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Diebold Foundation, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Lantz v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Gray v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2012
- Wellpoint, Inc. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Robinson Knife Manufacturing Co. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
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