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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Mark Z. Greenberg v. United States of America Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service.

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1 Mark Z. Greenberg v. United States of America Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Anchor
ca3 · 1994
green “it is no defense that the corporation was in financial distress and that funds were spent to keep the corporation in business with an expectation that sufficient revenue would later become available to pay the united states.” 6
2 Mark Z. Greenberg v. United States of America Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
ca3 · 1994
green “reckless disregard includes failure to investigate or correct mismanagement after being notified that withholding taxes have not been paid.” 6
3 Quattrone Accountants, Inc. And Philip P. Quattrone v. Internal Revenue Service
ca3 · 1990
green “responsibility is a matter of status, duty or authority, not knowledge.” 4
4 Mark Z. Greenberg v. United States of America Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
ca3 · 1994
green “a voluntary, conscious and intentional decision to prefer other creditors over the government” 3
5 Lou Brounstein v. United States
ca3 · 1992
green “under section 6672(a), willfulness is 'a voluntary, conscious and intentional decision to prefer other creditors over the government.' a responsible person acts willfully when he pays other creditors in preference to the irs knowing that taxes are due, or with reckless disregard…” 2

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