PARSHELSKY'S ESTATE v. C. I. R.

No. 9, Docket 26851.

303 F.2d 14 (1962)

ESTATE of Moses L. PARSHELSKY, Deceased, Lawrence A. Baker, Clarence G. Bachrach, Isidore Schwartz and Abraham Parshelsky, Executors, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Baker, New York City (Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, Bachrach & Bisgyer, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for petitioners.

L. W. Post, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Harry Baum, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

The principal question to be decided is whether the distribution by a corporation to its sole shareholder of the shares of a newly organized subsidiary constituted a taxable dividend under § 115 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C.A. § 115(a), or a tax-free-spin-off reorganization within § 112(b) (11) of the Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 112(b) (11).1 The Tax Court held that there was no business...

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