U.S. v. HOLMES

No. 16-20790.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BARBARA L. HOLMES; BARBARA L. HOLMES, as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Shirley H. Bernhardt; KEVIN W. HOLMES, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Cohen , for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lawrence W. Sherlock , for Defendant-Appellant.

Michelle C. Johns , for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa Briggs , for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kevin Holmes , for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: REAVLEY, HAYNES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


A ten-year limitations period applies to government suits to collect tax deficiencies. Barbara and Kevin Holmes, both beneficiaries of the estate of Shirley Bernhardt, believed they had escaped the jaws of tax thanks to this ten-year limitations period. Ruling on cross motions for summary...

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