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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-177 Monica Toth v. United States First Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (5) bank-secrecy-act civil-penalties civil-penalty deterrence deterrent-penalty eighth-amendment excessive-fines-clause fbar foreign-bank-accounts Whether civil penalties imposed under 31 U.S.C. § 5321(a)(5) that are avowedly deterrent and noncompensatory are subject to the Eighth Amendment's Exc…
21-1195 Alexandru Bittner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-02 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) bank-secrecy-act civil-penalty fbar fbar-reporting foreign-accounts penalty-assessment per-account per-form statutory-construction treasury-regulations Whether a 'violation' under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual FBAR (no matter the number of foreign accounts), or whether there is…
20-1697 Alice Kimble v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment eighth-amendment excessive-fine fbar foreign-bank-account-report statutory-interpretation tax-evasion tax-penalty willful-violation willfulness Did the Court err in holding that Alice acted willfully, despite the lack of proof either that she had knowledge of the requirement to file an FBAR or…