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Fifth Circuit· 6/30/1994

Park v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 25 F.3d 1289
  • 74 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5231
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 16429
  • 1994 WL 313319

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that ignorance of the law cannot establish an innocent spouse defense to tax liability
  • noting that ignorance of the law cannot establish an innocent spouse defense to tax liability
  • finding presumption of adequacy applied where defendants— state governor and attorney general—had strongly supported challenged proposition which 26 proposed-intervenor sought to defend
  • \by signing the return [the putative innocent spouse] undertook responsibility for it which she cannot escape by simply ignoring its contents\
  • \by signing the return * * * [the putative innocent spouse] undertook responsibility for it which she cannot escape by simply ignoring its contents\
  • “Although [the appellant] signed the return without reviewing it, by signing the return she undertook responsibility for it which she cannot escape by simply ignoring its contents.”

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Judges: Goldberg, King, Wiener

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