ESPINOZA v. C.I.R.

No. 10-60778 Summary Calendar.

636 F.3d 747 (2011)

Isidra Elizabeth ESPINOZA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isidra Elizabeth Espinoza , San Antonio, TX, pro se.

John A. Nolet , Jonathan S. Cohen , John DiCicco , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., App. Section, Clarissa C. Potter , IRS, Washington, DC, for CIR.

Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


PRADO, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this appeal is whether a $50,000 lump-sum payment to "resolve and settle all differences, disputes, and controversies between the parties" in an action concerning various employment-related claims was excludable from a taxpayer's income under Internal Revenue Code § 104(a)(2). The Tax Court held that the taxpayer, Petitioner-Appellant Isidra Elizabeth Espinoza, had not met her burden of establishing that the payor, the Texas...

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