Legal Opinion

Richard D. Barnett v. Internal Revenue Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 1, 1993No. 92-4733PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KING, Circuit Judge:

The Internal Revenue Service appeals from the judgment of the district court denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of Richard D. Barnett’s liability under 26 U.S.C. § 6672(a). Because we conclude that the district court erred in denying the motion, we reverse and remand the action for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I

The facts of this case relevant to our disposition of the primary legal issues are derived almost exclusively from the testimony offered by the plaintiff-appellee, Richard Barnett, and his witnesses at trial. In 1980,…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Slodov v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Mazo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. Waymon Leon Howard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Edward J. Bloom v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by112 opinions

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