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          benefits; however, the substance of these conversations is not              
          disclosed in the record.  Taggart and other members of the law              
          firm of Windels, Marx, Davies and Ives prepared the offering                
          memorandum, tax opinion, and other legal documents for the                  
          initial Plastics Recycling partnership, Clearwater, and 16 other            
          Plastics Recycling partnerships, including Sunbelt.  Taggart was            
          the head of the tax department of Windels, Marx, Davies and Ives            
          and taught tax law as an adjunct professor at New York University           
          (NYU) Law School.  Taggart had previously been employed by the              
          U.S. Treasury Department and as a full-time faculty member of NYU           
          Law School.  Taggart owned a 6.66-percent interest in a second-             
          tier Plastics Recycling partnership.  Miller was a practicing               
          attorney who specialized in tax matters.  Miller was employed as            
          corporate counsel to PI for 29 years and at all times relevant to           
          this case.  Storey tentatively decided to invest in Sunbelt for             
          various reasons, including its "attractive" tax benefits.                   
               In December 1981, Storey went to Hyannis, Massachusetts, to            
          visit PI's facilities.  While in Hyannis, Storey spent 7 hours at           
          PI where he toured PI's facilities and observed a demonstration             
          of a recycler.  While at PI's facilities, Storey observed the               
          presence of security officers and the use of personnel name tags.           
               During this visit, Storey met John D. Bambara (Bambara) and            
          Anthony Giovannone (Giovannone).  Bambara is the president of PI            
          and member of its board of directors.  Bambara is also the                  
          president, treasurer, clerk, and director of FMEC Corp., as well            




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