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· 8/11/1988

United States v. Willard Jeffries

Citations

  • 854 F.2d 254
  • 62 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5391
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 11508
  • 1988 WL 86558

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  • applying criteria to distinguish a church from other forms of religious enterprise
  • “A minister testified 9 Case: 13-12436 Date Filed: 03/05/2015 Page: 10 of 20 how the defendant had led a mission group to Canada. ”
  • “[N]o matter the sincerity of his religious beliefs or the abundance of his religious contributions, [defendant] does not satisfy the tax code’s reasonable criteria in whole or in part.”

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Judges: Wood, Posner, Eschbach

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