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KNAPPE v. U.S.

No. 10-56904.

713 F.3d 1164 (2013)

Peter KNAPPE, Executor of the Estate of Ingborg Pattee, deceased, and as Trustee under will of Ingborg Pattee, dated 07/01/1994, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet L. Everson (argued), Jason Galek , Arthur V. Pearson , and Vincent O'Gara , Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carol Barthel (argued), John A. Dudeck, Jr. , and Gilbert Steven Rothenberg , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; and Andrew Thomas Pribe , Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: KIM McLANE WARDLAW, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

When can you trust your accountant's advice about when your taxes are due? That is the question we face today. Appellant Peter Knappe, acting as the executor of an estate, asked his accountant to apply for an extension of the deadline to file the estate-tax return from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). The accountant told Knappe that the deadline had been extended one year, when in fact it had been extended only six months...

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