U.S. v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 05-4726.

470 F.3d 698 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas B. McLAUGHLIN and Christine McLaughlin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Farber, Jonathan S. Cohen (argued), Carol A. Barthel, Department of Justice Tax Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John J. Morrison (argued), Stephen M. Lewis, Cooke & Lewis, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Just five days before the expiration of the 10-year statute of limitations, 26 U.S.C. § 6502(a), the government filed a complaint in federal district court against Thomas McLaughlin for unpaid income taxes of almost $3 million, including penalties and interest. (His daughter was joined as a defendant because the government as part of its suit was seeking to foreclose a tax lien on property that it mistakenly thought she had an interest...

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