UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA MIN. & MFG. CO.

No. 76-1730.

551 F.2d 1106 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1977.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant; Gilbert E. Andrews, Robert E. Lindsay, Daniel F. Ross, Attys., Washington, D.C., Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Lawrence J. Hayes, St. Paul, Minn., and G. Alan Cunningham, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees; Garrett E. Mulrooney, R. Scott Davies, Douglas W. Thomsom and Jack S. Nordby, St. Paul, Minn., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Chief Judge.

The Government appeals1 from a judgment of the District Court2 dismissing a three-count indictment charging Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M) and two of its principal officers, Bert S. Cross and Irwin R. Hansen, with violating various tax-related statutes. Count I charged the defendants with violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1970) by conspiring to defraud the United States and to...

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