Legal Opinion

United States v. James J. Kassouf

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 21, 1998No. 96-4381PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, J., delivered the opinion of the . court, in which COLE, J., joined. DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 960-961), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing one count of obstruction of the tax laws in violation of. 26 'U.S.C. § 7212(a), for failure to allege an offense. The district court found that the statute required the government to allege as elements of the offense, that the defendant, James J. Kassouf, obstructed or impeded a pending IRS investigation or…

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3Cited by48 opinions

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