Legal Opinion
Allen v. United States
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 3, 2018No. Case No. 16-C-1412Published
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam C. Griesbach, Chief Judge
During 2005, Plaintiff Russell Allen received a jury award of damages, plus interest, in a lawsuit against a utility company after stray voltage on his property harmed his cattle business and dairy farm conducted thereon. Allen initiated this action against the United States of America to recover federal income taxes and a penalty that he paid after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that he failed to *854report a significant portion of the jury award as income on his 2005 federal income tax return. The court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1346 and 26 U.S.C. § 7422. This…
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