Legal Opinion
United States v. Stonehill
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 23, 1976No. Civ. 65-127-GJSPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOLOMON, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This is an action to foreclose federal tax liens of about $25 million.
Defendants Harry S. Stonehill and Robert P. Brooks (the taxpayers) are United States citizens who settled in the Philippines after World War II. They became successful and powerful businessmen. They owned, were officers of, or controlled many business organizations and were active in Philippine politics.
About 1960, both Philippine and United States officials became interested in the taxpayers’ activities. On March 3, 1962, about 200 agents of the Philippine National…
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