DICKOW v. U.S.

No. 10-2151.

654 F.3d 144 (2011)

D. Charles DICKOW, as Executor of the Estate of Margaret W. Dickow, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES; Internal Revenue Service, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Kelly, with whom Andrea L. Martin and Burns & Levinson LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Rachel I. Wollitzer, Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, with whom Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Clark, Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, and Carmen Milagros Ortiz, United States Attorney were on brief, for defendants.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff D. Charles Dickow, Executor of the Estate of Margaret W. Dickow, brought suit in 2009 seeking a refund of federal estate taxes in the sum of $237,813.48 that he says were erroneously paid.

Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6511(a), a taxpayer seeking such a refund must file his refund claim within three years of filing the tax return or within two years from the time the tax was paid, whichever is later. Furthermore, for taxpayers...

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