Legal Opinion

United States v. Hyman Harvey Klein, Maurice Haas, and Morris O. Alprin

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 3, 1957No. 374, Docket 23905PublishedCited by 145 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents issues of income tax evasion arising out of extensive and involved transactions disclosed to a jury in a trial of almost five months’ duration. The prosecution was difficult because the case arose out of concealed business affairs of both great magnitude and unusual complexity. This is indicated by the fact that defendants had organized no less than seventeen foreign corporations to carry on their business operations and, according to the Government’s claim, to hide income and evade taxes. Representing the defendants were able and resourceful counsel…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Hammerschmidt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. Dealy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by145 opinions

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  3. United States v. James PanebiancoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Leona M. Helmsley, Joseph v. Licari and Frank J. Turco, Leona M. HelmsleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Hyman WinterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965

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