Legal Opinion

George Bernstein v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 31, 1956No. 15463_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by five individual defendants from convictions for income tax law violations on all counts of seven different indictments, In one indictment the four defendants, Bernstein, Scherer, Hodesblatt (sometimes referred to as Hodes), and Hammerman, who were the sole officers, directors and equal stockholders of the Selray Corporation, were charged with a conspiracy together and with defendant Gersch, an employee, to violate § 145(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 1 by causing to be filed false and fraudulent returns for the Selray Corporation for the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
  5. Clyde L. Schaffer and James H. Devenny v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  2. United States v. HoffaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
  3. Richard Dunn v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Laurence Black v. Edward CoxCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  4. Nathan Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  5. United States v. Marvin MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976

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