• AFFCO Investments 2001 LLC v. Proskauer Rose, L.L.P.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-27
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-27
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: King, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-20734

    Published opinionBefore KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.Plaintiffs-Appellants invested in a complex tax avoidance scheme that was later investigated and disallowed by the IRS. I

  • Palisades Collections LLC v. Shorts

    Publication Date: 2008-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-16
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Dan Himmelfarb, Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Christopher Regan, Bordas & Bordas, Wheeling, W.Va. Attorney for amicus supporting appellants: Robin Conrad, Amar Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; John Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Charles Borden, Richard Rose, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C. Attorney for Palisades Collections, on the merits: William Wilmoth, Karen Kahle, Steptoe & Johnson, Wheeling, W.Va.; Joseph Curia III, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W.Va.

    Case Number: 08-2188

    PUBLISHEDArgued: October 30, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge King