In Re: Waters

  1. November 22, 2022

    2nd Circ. Says IRS Freeze Didn't Violate Bankruptcy Code

    The Second Circuit ruled that the IRS didn't violate an automatic stay requirement in a bankruptcy case of a Connecticut man who died in January when it froze his tax refund, saying he did not "meaningfully challenge" the lower court's granting of summary judgment in favor of the government.

  2. February 08, 2022

    US Tells 2nd Circ. Man In Bankruptcy-Stay Tax Case Likely Died

    A man appealing a Connecticut federal court's decision that an Internal Revenue Service freeze on his tax refunds didn't violate the automatic stay in his bankruptcy case has likely died, the government told the Second Circuit on Tuesday.

  3. November 15, 2021

    IRS Refund Halt Didn't Violate Bankruptcy Stay, 2nd Circ. Told

    A Connecticut federal court correctly found that an Internal Revenue Service administrative freeze on a man's tax refunds didn't violate the automatic stay in his bankruptcy case, the U.S. government told the Second Circuit on Monday.

  4. August 17, 2021

    IRS Flouted Bankruptcy Stay By Halting Refunds, 2nd Circ. Told

    The Internal Revenue Service violated a bankruptcy stay by withholding a man's tax refunds to potentially cover disputed deficiencies for earlier years, he told the Second Circuit, urging it to undo a lower court decision backing the agency.