ROTH v. C. I. R.

Nos. 18201, 18208.

321 F.2d 607 (1963)

Lester Wm. ROTH and Gertrude F. Roth, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester William Roth, Beverly Hills, Cal., in pro. per. and as atty. for petitioners.

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, David O. Walter, Donald P. Horwitz, and Michael I. Smith, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before BARNES, HAMLEY and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

In return for an investment of $1,600, taxpayer's law firm acquired a 3.2% interest in a partnership organized to produce and exploit motion pictures. The partnership produced one picture — "Knock on Wood," starring Danny Kaye — and contracted to give Paramount Pictures Corporation exclusive distribution rights to the picture for a ten-year period, which began in July 1954, in return for a portion of the gross receipts.

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