BUCHANAN v. U.S.

Nos. 96-2220, 96-2236.

87 F.3d 197 (1996)

Mary A. BUCHANAN and Gordon Buchanan, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lesch, Nisen & Elliott; John P. Coleman (argued), Marshall I. McMahon, Jr., Jenny McMahon, McMahon & Elliott; and Eugene L. Mahoney (argued), Mahoney & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Mary A. Buchanan.

Gary R. Allen, David A. Shuster (argued), Department of Justice, Tax Division, Appellate Section, Gerald H. Parshall, Jr., Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, and Anthony J. Masciopinto and Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, for the U.S.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The government appeals for the second time from the judgment in favor of the taxpayers in this tax refund suit. After we dismissed the government's initial appeal (along with the taxpayers' cross-appeal from the refusal of the district court to impose sanctions on the government for alleged discovery abuses) because the district judge had not entered a final, appealable judgment, specifying the amount of the refund due the taxpayers, Buchanan...

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