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federal case
n.
1. Law An action or cause that falls under the jurisdiction of a federal court.
2. Informal A major issue that has evolved from a minor problem: made a federal case out of our tardiness.
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The tax remained (via periodic legislative reenactments) until now, but after the government lost a number of Federal cases, Treasury finally surrendered; see IR News Release 2006-82 and Keenan, Magin and Sylvia, Tax Practice & Procedures, "Government Ends Long-Distance Phone Excise Tax Dispute," TTA, July 2006, p.
Long-distance telephone excise tax refunds - 2006 tax returns affected by Weiner, Alan E. / The Tax Adviser
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In fact, so long are the sentences that prosecutors can threaten defendants with unless they agree to a plea bargain that the vast majority of federal cases now no longer go to trial, says Mary Price, general counsel of the D.
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