AMERICAN DISPENSER CO. v. C. I. R.

No. 437, Docket 31985.

396 F.2d 137 (1968)

AMERICAN DISPENSER CO., Inc., Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Primoff, New York City, for petitioner.

Stephen H. Hutzelman, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Lee A. Jackson and Robert N. Anderson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, on the brief), for respondent.

Before HAYS, ANDERSON, and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Tax Court holding certain payments made by the taxpayer not deductible under Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 162 (a). We affirm.

The taxpayer, American Dispenser Company, is engaged in the business of manufacturing soap dispensers. Two of its principal products are known as "Lathurn" and "Powdurn." The patents on these two dispensers expired a number of years...

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