GESSERT v. U.S.

No. 09-3380.

703 F.3d 1028 (2013)

Robert J. GESSERT and The Gessert Group, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Frazer (argued), Attorney, Dewitt, Ross & Stevens, Brookfield, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steven K. Uejio (argued), Attorney, Department of Justice, Tax Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The Gessert Group ("the Group"), a pharmaceutical consulting group, obstinately refused to pay its taxes. By 2005, it accumulated over $1 million in unpaid liabilities. Revenue Officer Lillie Johnson pursued collection efforts on behalf of the United States. She levied two of the Group's accounts and also sought to recover the taxes withheld from the Group's employees — so-called trust fund taxes — from Robert Gessert personally...

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