IN RE RIZZO

No. 13-1230.

741 F.3d 703 (2014)

In re Gaetano T. RIZZO, Debtor. Gaetano T. Rizzo, Appellant, v. State of Michigan, Department of Treasury, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Leon N. Mayer , Schafer & Weiner PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Allison M. Dietz , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Leon N. Mayer , Schafer & Weiner, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Allison Michele Dietz , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Despite the fact that Gaetano Rizzo filed for bankruptcy protection and received a general discharge, the Michigan Department of Treasury ("Treasury") persisted in its claim that Rizzo owed Treasury more than $70,000 in unpaid Michigan Single Business Tax ("SBT"). According to Treasury, Rizzo was personally liable for the unpaid tax because a company for which he had been the responsible corporate officer had failed to pay...

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