· 5/7/1986
Norman E. Coleman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Gary Holder v. Secretary of the Treasury and United States of America
Citations
- 791 F.2d 68
- 57 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1420
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25082
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- noting that this is the standard applied under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for sanctions in civil litigation
- stating that the assertions that the federal income tax is not a tax on all income, that wages are not income, and that a tax on wages is unconstitutional are \tired arguments\ that are \objectively frivolous\
- upholding penalties imposed under I.R.C. Sec. 6673 for filing frivolous suits against argument that word \frivolous\ was unconstitutionally vague
- imposing penalties on taxpayers who made frivolous constitutional arguments in opposition to the income tax
- imposing penalties on taxpayers who made frivolous constitutional arguments in opposition to the income tax
- imposing penalties on taxpayers who made frivolous constitutional arguments in opposition to the income tax
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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Flaum, Easter-Brook
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