Record
Court opinion
1964-01-31
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, via CourtListener
United States v. Santo Trafficante, Jr., 328 F.2d 117 (5th Cir. 1964)
The Fifth Circuit reverses and orders the disqualification of a former IRS attorney from representing the Trafficantes in the government's 1962 suit to foreclose federal tax liens. It states that the suit was filed on 11 January 1962; the court finds no intentional wrongdoing.
- Date
- 1964-01-31
- Kind
- court-opinion
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Docket
- 20474
- Rights
- A federal court opinion. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The text was read on CourtListener; no publisher headnote is used.
The Fifth Circuit’s opinion in No. 20474 (panel of Judges Tuttle, Jones and Johnson; opinion by Judge Jones; decided 31 January 1964) is a civil appeal, not a criminal case. The government appealed from an order denying its motion to disqualify an attorney, a former Internal Revenue Service attorney in Jacksonville who had handled 1945-1947 income tax claims against Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Sam Trafficante, from representing them in the government’s suit.
The opinion states that on 11 January 1962 the United States sued the Trafficantes and others to foreclose federal tax liens, with a wagering-tax claim also asserted. The court reversed and remanded with instructions to grant the disqualification, stating that it did not find intentional wrongdoing by the attorney. The district court case number is not stated in the opinion.
