U.S. v. COPPOLA

No. 393, Docket 95-6012.

85 F.3d 1015 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James M. COPPOLA, Jr., individually and as executor of the Estate of James M. Coppola, Sr., and Barbara Coppola, Defendants-Appellants, Ida Coppola and George Coppola, as executors of the Estate of James M. Coppola, Sr., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Saltzman, New York City (Robert P. Lewis, Baker & McKenzie, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Randolph L. Hutter, Washington, DC (Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General, Gary R. Allen, Charles E. Brookhart, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and OAKES and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

This action by the United States against the executors of the estate of James M. Coppola, Sr. seeks to recover unpaid estate taxes. On November 22, 1994, after a two-day bench trial, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) entered judgment for the United States, holding defendant-appellant James M. Coppola, Jr., one of the executors, personally liable for taxes due...

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