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United States v. Christiansen

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Mar 16, 1966
356 F.2d 986 (3d Cir. 1966)

Opinion

No. 15715.

Argued February 25, 1966.

Decided March 16, 1966.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; Thomas F. Meaney, Judge.

Herbert L. Zuckerman, Newark, N.J., for appellant.

Burton Berkley, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C. (C. Moxley Featherston, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Joseph M. Howard, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., David M. Satz, Jr., U.S. Atty., Kenneth P. Zauber, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellees.

Before HASTIE and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.


This is an appeal from an order requiring the sole shareholder of a corporation to comply with demands of the Internal Revenue Service that he produce certain corporate books and records. The sole question is whether the order violates the shareholder's privilege against self-incrimination. We have recently examined this contention and rejected it in an essentially like case. Wright v. Detwiler, 3 Cir. 1965, 345 F.2d 1012.

The judgment will be affirmed.


Summaries of

United States v. Christiansen

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Mar 16, 1966
356 F.2d 986 (3d Cir. 1966)
Case details for

United States v. Christiansen

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America and Wellesley R. Slifer, Special Agent, Internal…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Date published: Mar 16, 1966

Citations

356 F.2d 986 (3d Cir. 1966)

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