MONE v. C.I.R.

Nos. 14, 25, 15, Docket 85-4011, 85-4020, 85-4021.

774 F.2d 570 (1985)

Peter MONE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee. Ronald D. BRENNAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee. Alexander C. WERT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Stromer, Los Gatos, Cal., for petitioners-appellants.

Glenn A. Archer, Washington, D.C., (Michael L. Paup, Richard W. Perkins, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, MESKILL and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Every year, with renewed vigor, many citizens seek sanctuary in the free exercise clause of the first amendment. They desire salvation not from sin or from temptation, however, but from the most earthly of mortal duties — income taxes. We are called upon today to evaluate three such cases, and to ponder the propriety of an attorney's conduct in such pursuits. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the decisions and order...

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