UNITED STATES v. MARIN

Nos. 80-1216, 80-1217.

651 F.2d 24 (1981)

UNITED STATES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Carlos MARIN, Defendant, Appellant, and Caribbean Restaurants, Inc., Defendant, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Carlos MARIN, Defendant, Appellee, and Caribbean Restaurants, Inc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco Castro Amy, San Juan, P. R., for appellant Carlos Marin.

Nestor M. Mendez Gomez, with whom McConnell, Valdes, Kelley, Sifre, Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellant Caribbean Restaurants, Inc.

John J. McCarthy, Attorney, Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup, David E. Carmack, and Marc E. Albert, Attys., Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This is the latest in a series of cases arising from the United States' efforts to collect some $2,600,000 in taxes owed by the late Felix Benitez Rexach, a Puerto Rican engineer who earned large sums from construction projects in the Dominican Republic between 1944 and 1958. See United States v. Lucienne D'Hotelle, 558 F.2d 37 (1st Cir. 1977) and related cases cited therein at 38 n.1. The...

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