Cheek v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1991-01-08

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Justice Scalia, concurring in the judgment. I concur in the judgment of the Court because our cases have consistently held that the failure to pay a tax in the good-faith belief that it is not legally owing is not “willful.” I do not join the Court’s opinion because I do not agree with the test for willfulness that, it directs the Court of Appeals to apply on remand. As the Court acknowl…

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