1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 777 F.3d
  5. 777 F.3d 1042 (2015)
 

VOLPICELLI v. U.S.

No. 12-15029.

777 F.3d 1042 (2015)

Logan R. VOLPICELLI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Goldman (argued) and George G. Wolf , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark S. Davies , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joan I. Oppenheimer (argued), Attorney; Kathryn Keneally , Assistant Attorney General; John A. Nolet , Attorney, Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C.; Daniel G. Bogden (of counsel), United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, for Defendant-Appellee.

Carlton M. Smith , Director, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Tax Clinic, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: WILLIAM A. FLETCHER and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

OPINION

The plaintiff in this case, Logan Volpicelli, sued the Internal Revenue Service for wrongfully seizing roughly $13,000 that Volpicelli says belonged to him. The IRS thought the money belonged to Volpicelli's father and, upon seizing it, applied the funds to pay down the father's tax debts. At the time of...

NEVER MISS A DECISION. START YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.

Uncompromising quality. Enduring impact.
Your support ensures a bright future for independent legal reporting.

As you are aware we have offered this as a free subscription over the past years and we have now made it a paid service.Look forward to your continued patronage.

GET STARTED
OR

Read it with your Leagle account.
Sign in to continue


Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases