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· 6/20/1996

Ellen v. Erhard v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service

Citations

  • 87 F.3d 273
  • 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4446
  • 96 Daily Journal DAR 7183
  • 78 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5026
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 14864
  • 1996 WL 342226

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Nor will we ... sanction willful blindness to the actions of the IRS — the least we can expect of taxpayers is that they open the mail they receive from the IRS.”
  • taxpayer could not defeat actual notice by refusing delivery of deficiency notices

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Judges: Hall, Brunetti, Weiner

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