U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Michael E. Smith
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
- Senior Judge Julia Smith Gibbons
- Judge Raymond M. Kethledge
Case history
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Feb. 26, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Michael E. Smith
Opinions and writings
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. *441 The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments of more than $ 45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the scheme and char…