RYAN v. C. I. R.

No. 76-2161.

568 F.2d 531 (1977)

Raymond J. RYAN and Helen Ryan, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Larroca, Washington, D. C., for petitioners-appellants.

Myron C. Baum, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles E. Brookhart, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Meade Whitaker, I. R. S., Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges, and MARSHALL, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 27, 1978.

MARSHALL, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Tax Court holding taxpayer-appellants, Raymond and Helen Ryan, in contempt of court for refusing to answer seven interrogatories propounded by appellee, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The issue is whether the Tax Court properly rejected the Ryans' claims of Fifth Amendment privilege, and...

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