ROBERTSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1046.

582 F.2d 1126 (1978)

Scot L. ROBERTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Schatz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joan Oppenheimer, App. Section, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before PELL and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.


HARPER, Senior District Judge.

On July 26, 1970, the plaintiff-appellant, Scot L. Robertson, was assessed $47,800.00 under the Marijuana Transfer Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. § 4741 (repealed by Act Oct. 27, 1970, P.L. 91-513, 84 Stat. 1292). This assessment arose out of the appellant's conviction for possession of marijuana in the State of Indiana in 1969, wherein 477.5 ounces of marijuana were confiscated from him. A lien was placed upon the Helen L. Robertson Trust...

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