O'BRIEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-1809.

766 F.2d 1038 (1985)

Michael G. O'BRIEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Greene, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

David L. Higgs, Sutkowski & Washkuhn Assoc., Peoria, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court holding that the plaintiff taxpayer was entitled to a $7,367 (plus interest) refund of income taxes paid, notwithstanding the bar of the statute of limitations. Defendant United States argues that neither the mitigation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. §§ 1311-1314, nor the doctrine of equitable recoupment remove the limitations bar, 26 U.S.C. §...

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