Legal Opinion

United States v. Jacobs (In Re Jacobs)

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 29, 2007No. 06-15333PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:

Arthur I. Jacobs appeals from the District Court’s reversal of an order of the Bankruptcy Court, in which the Bankruptcy Court determined that Mr. Jacobs’s federal income tax debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy and that Mr. Jacobs had not willfully attempted to evade or defeat a tax within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(1)(C). Mr. Jacobs argues that the District Court improperly substituted its own factual findings for those of the Bankruptcy Court, and that the District Court applied an incorrect legal standard for nondischargeability under § 523(a)(1)(C). We have…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re: Leroy Charles Griffith, Debtor. Leroy Charles Griffith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  2. In Re: Henry Fegeley Annmarie Fegeley, Debtors. United States of America v. Henry Fegeley Annmarie Fegeley, Henry FegeleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
  3. Eugene Dalton v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  4. In the Matter of Joseph J. Birkenstock and Generose M. Birkenstock, Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. Frank L. HookCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. SPCP Group, LLC v. BigginsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2011
  4. Kathleen Marie Feshback v. Department of Treasury Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Bussell v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2008

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