WRIGHT v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 78-1224.

618 F.2d 9 (1980)

Ruth F. WRIGHT (Formerly Mrs. Ruth F. Rimmer), Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Benjamin Strand, Jr., Strand & Goddard, Dandridge, Tenn., for petitioner-appellant.

M. Carr Ferguson, Helen A. Buckley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilbert E. Andrews, Richard Perkins, Ronald A. Dweck, Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Stuart E. Seigel, Chief Counsel, I. R. S., Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The taxpayer appeals from a decision of the Tax Court upholding a deficiency assessment based on a finding that payments received by the taxpayer as result of a final divorce decree were taxable as periodic payments of alimony rather than installment payments of a property division. Upon consideration of the briefs and oral arguments of counsel together with the record on appeal, the court concludes that the decision of the Tax Court is correct.

Accordingly...

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