HERSCH v. U.S.

No. CV-86-3159.

685 F.Supp. 325 (1988)

Melvin HERSCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kostelanetz & Ritholz by: Jules Ritholz, Ed Kesselman, and Gold & Wachtel by: Elliot Silverman, New York City, for Hersch.

Thomas O. Rice, Trial Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SIFTON, District Judge.

This action was commenced by plaintiff for a refund of a civil penalty assessed against him by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6700 for promotion of an "abusive tax shelter." This matter is before the Court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff alleges that the portion of the statute penalizing promoters of tax shelters who make "gross valuation overstatements...

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