''Anastasoff v. United States'', 223 F.3d 898 (8th Cir. 2000), was a case decided by the U.S. Eighth Circuit on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. It is notable for being the only case to consider the "Anastasoff issue", that is whether

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requires a federal court to treat unpublished opinions as

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. The case was subsequently vacated as moot on rehearing

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, due to the government's decision to pay the taxpayer's claim in full with interest at the statutory rate. In the final decision, the court opinion stated: Before being overturned, the ''Anastasoff'' decision was cited by multiple courts that used unpublished opinions in their decisions, such as ''United States v. Goldman'', No. 00-1276 of September 29, 2000, and ''United States v. Langmade'', No. 00-2019 of December 29, 2000.

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