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· 8/10/2000

In Re: James H. Hatton Debtor. United States of America v. James H. Hatton

Citations

  • 220 F.3d 1057
  • 44 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 970
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6652
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 8887
  • 86 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5572
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 19079
  • 36 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 148
  • 2000 WL 1126374

How courts have described this case

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

  • considering as part of the third part of the Beard test the fact that the taxpayer filed the return only after the Commissioner contacted him
  • “Hatton made every attempt to avoid paying his taxes until the IRS left him with no other choice.”
  • “The Beard definition was derived from two Supreme Court 6 cases, Germantown Trust Co. v. Commissioner, 309 U.S. 304, 84 L. Ed. 770, 60 S. Ct. 7 566 (1940) and Zellerbach Paper Co. v. Helvering, 293 U.S. 172, 79 L. Ed. 264, 55 S. 8 Ct. 127 (1934
  • defining requirements of a valid tax return

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Judges: Brunetti, Canby, O'Scannlain

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