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· 10/30/1992

Roger Sylvestre v. United States of America

Citations

  • 978 F.2d 25
  • 978 F.3d 25
  • 71 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 321
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 28275
  • 1992 WL 312706

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 summons was enforceable when “improper service was, at most, technical and not serious,” the government did not show bad faith, and the taxpayer suffered no harm or prejudice
  • “Once a prima facie case for enforcement [is] made, it [becomes the petitioner’s] burden to refute the elements of the prim a facie case.”

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Judges: Breyer, Torruella, Selya

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