ARMSTRONG v. PHINNEY

No. 24751.

394 F.2d 661 (1968)

Anne L. and Tobin ARMSTRONG, Appellants, v. R. L. PHINNEY, District Director of Internal Revenue, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Dalton Tomlin, Marvin K. Collie, Houston, Tex., for appellants, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Ernest Morgan, U. S. Atty., Andrew L. Jefferson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, William A. Friedlander, Edward Lee Rogers, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee, Ted Butler, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Appealing from an adverse judgment1 in the court below, taxpayer, Tobin Armstrong,2 presents a novel question for our determination: Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is it legally possible for a partner to be an employee of his partnership for purposes of section 119 of the Code? In granting the government's motion for summary judgment, the District Court answered this question in...

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