United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al, Cr. 6-87-19 and 6-87-20. Convictions by jury for conspiracy to defraud the US government by impeding the IRS, and for income tax evasion. Upheld on appeal. All defendants hid transactions from the IRS through a network of "warehouse banks" coordinated by the "National Commodity and Barter Association" based in Denver, Colorado. Stelten and other defendants submitted numerous "tax protest" briefs espousing a highly unconventional view of US law. For example, Stelten filed a "petition for writ of Habeas Corpus" which charged judges with "treason against the Constitution" through "the usurpation of the Civil War Amendments"; citing the 1857 Dred Scott decision in a related "motion for free white Christian male bench." Tax protester case. This folder contains a news clipping concerning the indictment, a copy of the indictment itself, general correspondence, and circulated pamphlet propaganda. I.

United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al, Cr. 6-87-19 and 6-87-20. Convictions by jury for conspiracy to defraud the US government by impeding the IRS, and for income tax evasion. Upheld on appeal. All defendants hid transactions from the IRS through a network of "warehouse banks" coordinated by the "National Commodity and Barter Association" based in Denver, Colorado. Stelten and other defendants submitted numerous "tax protest" briefs espousing a highly unconventional view of US law. For example, Stelten filed a "petition for writ of Habeas Corpus" which charged judges with "treason against the Constitution" through "the usurpation of the Civil War Amendments"; citing the 1857 Dred Scott decision in a related "motion for free white Christian male bench." Tax protester case. This folder contains a news clipping concerning the indictment, a copy of the indictment itself, general correspondence, and circulated pamphlet propaganda. I., Folder 11, Box: 27, Folder: 11. Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, OGLMC-1253. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. https://archives.und.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/13983 Accessed November 22, 2025.