Suit Alleging Fraudulent Tax Shelters

In Rezner v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG, No. 09-16402, an action alleging that defendant engaged in a scheme to defraud the U.S. of tax revenue through fraudulent tax shelters that caused injury to purchasers of such shelters, the court reversed summary judgment for plaintiff where the district court erred in concluding that plaintiff had satisfied the proximate causation requirement for a civil RICO claim.

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  • Read the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Rezner v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG, No. 09-16402

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