Legal Opinion
Coppola v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 5, 1996No. 95 Civ. 4995 (JSR)Published
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
RAKOFF, District Judge.
Having already received a windfall of nearly a half million dollars as a result of errors by the Internal Revenue Service, convicted tax felon Emilio Coppola seeks refund of an additional $24,059.75 on the basis of what he alleges were IRS mistakes. The cause was tried to the Court on May 13, 1996. While the evidence suggests that the IRS may be entitled to a gold medal for bungling, it fails to support Mr. Coppola’s instant claim. More particularly, the Court hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.
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