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Carrie Rae Eldridge v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-70221 · judgment January 29, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page Table of Contents.............................................................................. l Table of Constitutional Authorities.............................................. li Table of Statutes............................................................................... li Table of Case Authorities ............................................................... n Issues & Questions Presented ....................................................... IV Opinions Appealed............................................................................ 1 Jurisdictional Statement................................................................. 1 Cause for the Petition...................................................................... 1 The Standards of Statutory Construction.................................... 8 ISSUE ARGUMENTS.................................................................... 9 ISSUE A - Does subject-matter jurisdiction exist to enforce the income tax as a direct tax without limitation 9 ISSUE B - Is the graduated taxation of citizens unconstitutional class legislation that unlawfully discriminates............................................................................ 18 ISSUE C - Does graduated taxation of the American citizens destroy equal protection under the 14th Amendment........ 26 ISSUE D - Is a deficiency under IRC Sections 6211 and 6212 based only upon the Subtitle “A” tax laws................ 30 Summary and conclusion................................................................ 35 Relief requested................................................................................ 35 Prayer for justice............................................................................... 36 Appendix - Orders Appealed 9th Circuit Mandate........ A-i 9th Circuit Order............. A-ii 9th Circuit Memorandum A-iii U.S. Tax Court Order.... ..A-v U.S. Tax Court Decision . A-vi Certificate of Compliance Certificate of Service
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carrie Rae Eldridge
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Rehearing DENIED.
- Dec 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Nov 09 2021Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 18 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 29 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
- Sep 21 2021Waiver of right of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue to respond filed.
- Aug 17 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)