No. 25-358

Carl L. Collins, III v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process evidence-rule-404b fair-trial internal-revenue-code napue-v-illinois tax-reporting
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the IRS can require trustees to report year-end trust balances on personal income tax returns in violation of Napue v. Illinois and the Internal Revenue Code

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the lower courts violated, Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959), thus effectuating a constitutional violation below and establishing a new precedent permitting the IRS to require trustees to report on the schedule C of their personal income tax returns, the year-end balances held in trust — funds that are legally owed to third parties; thus, resulting in the imposition of an additional tax not authorized by, nor contemplated under, the Internal Revenue Code. 2. Does a split among the circuits call for a review of this Honorable Court, more specifically was the Petitioner ’s right to a fair trial violated when the prosecution introduced evidence of a prior professional discipline under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), despite the lack of a clear nexus to the charged conduct, thereby inviting the jury to convict based on impermissible character inferences.

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-06
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)

Attorneys

Carl L. Collins
Carl L. Collins III — Petitioner
Carl L. Collins III — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent