Legal Opinion
John B. Cameron, Jr. v. Internal Revenue Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1985No. 84-2775PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff brought this suit against the Internal Revenue Service and two of its agents, seeking injunctive relief and $15 million in damages. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, 593 F.Supp. 1540 (N.D.Ind.1984), and the plaintiff has appealed.
This is a fairly typical “tax protester” suit. The plaintiff, who was not represented by counsel in the district court and is not represented by counsel in this court, challenges the legitimacy of the federal income tax on the basis of such irrelevant propositions as that wages are compensation for…
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- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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