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· 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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