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· 6/29/1995

John H. Fortney v. United States

Citations

  • 59 F.3d 117
  • 95 Daily Journal DAR 8591
  • 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5037
  • 76 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5398
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 15981
  • 1995 WL 383495

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a district court lacks jurisdiction to consider petitions to quash summonses issued to entities not residing or “found” in the court’s geographical jurisdiction
  • requiring “some minimal amount of evidence” beyond “mere memoranda of law or allegations” (internal quotations and alterations omitted)
  • requiring \some minimal amount of evidence\ beyond \mere memoranda of law or allegations\ (internal quotations and alterations omitted)
  • requiring “some minimal amount of evidence” beyond “mere memoranda of law or allegations” (internal quotations and alterations omitted)
  • the Government’s prima facie case is 26 typically made through the sworn declaration of the IRS agent who issued the 27 summons
  • the Government’s prima facie case is 26 typically made through the sworn declaration of the IRS agent who issued the 27 summons

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Judges: Schroeder, Beezer, Thompson

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