LIGNOS v. UNITED STATES

No. 318, Docket 35070.

439 F.2d 1365 (1971)

Dimitrious J. LIGNOS and Evelyn Lignos, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Papsidero, Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Virginia M. Hopkinson, Atty., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice (Johnnie M. Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Carolyn R. Just, Attys., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice; W. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., U. S. Atty., W. D. N. Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, SMITH and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this case taxpayers are seeking to apply in reverse Mr. Justice Holmes's famous advice that men dealing with the Government must turn square corners.1 Plaintiffs Dimitrious J. and Evelyn Lignos appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John O. Henderson, Chief Judge, which granted summary judgment to the United States in plaintiffs' suit for a tax refund...

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