Although in the past a Dallas attorney was successful in batting down a $40 million tax penalty in a bankruptcy, he now has lost civil-rights claims against the Internal Revenue Service agents who assessed the penalty.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a district court decision to dismiss William “Ralph” Canada Jr.’s case against the IRS and three agents in their individual capacities.

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