C. I. R. v. BERENBAUM

No. 8561.

369 F.2d 337 (1966)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. Zelie BERENBAUM and Harriet Berenbaum, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Levin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Harry Baum, Anthony Zell Roisman and Lee A. Jackson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, with him on the brief), for petitioner.

Joseph Berenbaum, Denver, Colo., for respondents.

Before PICKETT and SETH, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

The Commissioner filed notices of deficiency against the taxpayer and others in connection with their income tax returns for 1959 and 1960. He determined that redemptions of preferred shares of stock in a closely held corporation from the taxpayer and others were essentially equivalent to the distribution of taxable dividends under § 302(b) (1) of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code.

The Tax Court considered the two redemptions and held...

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