151 W. Va. 644 - In Re Mann’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. Agnew (1974), Matter of Humphreys (1994)
54 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Relies on Jordan v. De George · New York Central Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners · United States v. Citizens Utilities Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 243 - In Re Hallinan · 144 W. Va. 504 - West Virginia State Bar v. Earley
Most-quoted passages
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“"Section 23, Part E., Article VI of the By-Laws of the West Virginia State Bar imposes upon any court before which an attorney has been qualified a mandatory duty to annul the license of such attorney to practice law upon proof that he has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]hile we are deeply sympathetic to Fletcher W. Mann because of his extremely heavy burden of troubles, we cannot agree that matters of this character are proper for consideration on the question of whether the offense of which he was convicted is one involving moral turpitude.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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