HILDEBRAND v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 82-435.

563 F.Supp. 1259 (1983)

William HILDEBRAND, Jr., Martin Bressler, and Heman Adams, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, v. Levin WEST, Counterclaim Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Bressler, So. Orange, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Terri E. Schapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

Larry A. Stempler, W. Orange, N.J., for counterclaim defendant Levin West.


SAROKIN, District Judge.

In a democratic society, the laws must be enforced uniformly. Selective enforcement is contrary to the equality of treatment that is guaranteed to all persons. However, these principles do not prohibit the reasoned exercise of discretion in determining who shall be and who shall not be prosecuted and what claims shall and shall not be pursued.

This matter portrays the government at its heartless, rigid, and Orwellian bureaucratic worst...

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