MAZO v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-2104.

591 F.2d 1151 (1979)

Irwin MAZO, Marvin I. Rosenzweig, Erwin A. Friedman and Barney L. Sadler, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, v. Marvin I. ROSENZWEIG, Erwin A. Friedman, Barney L. Sadler, William Lattimore, Norman W. Fries, George Moore, and Irwin Mazo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred S. Clark, Savannah, Ga., for Norman Fries and William Lattimore.

Morton G. Forbes, Savannah, Ga., for George Moore.

Bruce A. Howe, Savannah, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, Appellate Section, M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Farber, Mary L. Jennings, Attys., William A. Friedlander, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GEE and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

An officer or employee of a corporation who is responsible for the collection of employment taxes from the pay due an employee may be assessed a penalty equal to the amount of the taxes if he willfully fails to account for and pay over the amount due to the United States. 26 U.S.C. § 6672. The government found such liability on the part of those parties who were simultaneously the officers, directors and stockholders of Savannah...

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