TURZILLO v. C. I. R.

No. 15764.

346 F.2d 884 (1965)

Lee TURZILLO and Lucille Turzillo, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Katcher, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioners.

Jeanine Jacobs, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent, Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, David O. Walter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Before MILLER and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The taxpayers, Lee Turzillo (hereinafter referred to as Turzillo) and his wife, Lucille Turzillo, seek a review of the decision of the Tax Court which held that $95,000.00 of a total of $106,233.36, received by Turzillo in a settlement of a law suit for breach of contract, was ordinary income, taxable as such rather than capital gain.

The facts, which are not in dispute, are stated in detail in the Memorandum, Findings...

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