Robert Stocker, II v. United States

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• holding that more than negligence was required to award an adverse-inference instruction based on a destroyed envelope because the IRS could have reasonably failed to understand its relevance to future litigation
• declining to impose spoliation sanctions for loss of an original envelope
• “[E]ven negligent conduct may suffice to warrant spoliation sanctions under the appropriate circumstances.”
• “Under well-established and familiar principles of sovereign immunity, the United States may not be sued without its consent, and the terms of this consent define the jurisdiction of the courts to entertain a suit against the Government.”

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