
The United States of America vs. Alphonse Capone: law case 46640 (1937–1941)
Law (civil-side) case file 46640 in the U.S. District Court at Chicago, which the catalog says concerns Capone 'charged with tax evasion'. Contents not read for this archive.
- Date
- 1937-09/1941-01-11
- Kind
- finding-aid
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- NAID
- 32621159
- Docket
- No. 46640, U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill. (law case)
- Rights
- A record of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, held by the National Archives at Chicago in Record Group 21. A United States government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog lists access and use as unrestricted.
A case file in the series Law Case Files (NAID 1695654), Record Group 21, from the U.S. District Court at Chicago. The catalog states that it involves Alphonse Capone “charged with tax evasion” and that it includes a complaint, summons, order, special plea of statute of limitations, motion for summary judgment, affidavit, motion notice and judgment order. It holds 101 page images and a PDF.
The catalog gives the coverage as September 1937 to 11 January 1941. The pages were not read for this archive, so whether this is a suit to collect the tax is not confirmed here. The description follows the National Archives catalog entry.

