U.S. v. VARIOUS DE FACTO JOINT VENTURES

No. 92-CV-2892(TCP).

963 F.Supp. 197 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff v. VARIOUS De FACTO JOINT VENTURES or Partnerships Designated As (1) Eagle/Durso/Metro Lane/ et al.; (2) Eagle/Durso/Jessico/ et al.; (3) Eagle/Durso/Kapco/ et al.; Plus their Individual or Corporate Joint Venturers/Partners, Including (4) William Nappo; (5) Vincent Durso d/b/a V. Durso Co.; (6) David Shuster; (7) Igor Porotsky; (8) Arik Shlai d/b/a Montana Energy; (9) Zakher Sorin a/k/a Zokker Soria d/b/a Kant Energy; (10) Ted Cohen; (11) Metro Land Inc.; and (12) Jessico Oil Inc., Defendants.

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

September 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia C. Henry, U.S. Atty's Office, Civ. Div., Brooklyn, NY, Andrew D. Plepler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Andrew D. Sklarew, Peter Sklarew, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Marvin E. Kramer, Marvin E. Kramer & Associates, Garden City, NY, for William Nappo, Oil Co. Inc.

Vincent Durso, Scranton, PA, pro se.

Ronald D. Rose, Rose and Koerner, Brooklyn, NY, for David Schuster.

Jerome Reisman, Reisman, Pierez, Reisman & Calica, Garden City, NY, for Igor Porotsky.

Ronald D. Rose, Rose and Koerner, Brooklyn, NY, Stafford Liss, Brooklyn, NY, Jay Zinns, Jacob Zinns & Braff, P.C., New York City, Robert L. Weiner, Robert L. Weiner, Phillips & Weiner, Lindenhurst, NY, for Zakher Sorin.

Robert L. Weiner, Robert L. Weiner, Phillips & Weiner, Lindenhurst, NY, for Jessico Oil Inc., Metro Lano Inc.


ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

On December 1, 1995, defendants1 moved this Court for an order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) for judgment on the pleadings. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted.

BACKGROUND

This novel action was brought by the government as a "first attempt to deal with the civil tax consequences of a gasoline `daisy chain conspiracy' of the type...

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