UNITED STATES v. HANSEN

No. 85-1039.

795 F.2d 35 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan A. HANSEN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linne Hansen, Medford, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Michael L. Paup, Chief Appellate Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Section 7403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code authorizes the federal government to bring suit to enforce its tax liens; and if the government prevails on the merits, the court "may decree a sale of such property [i.e., the property against which the lien was filed], by the proper officer of the court, and a distribution of the proceeds of such sale according to the findings of the court in respect to the interests of the parties and of the United...

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