MITCHELL v. C. I. R.

No. 19950.

428 F.2d 259 (1970)

William L. MITCHELL and Marian S. Mitchell, Petitioners-Appellees, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Ruby, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellant; Johnnie M. Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Loring W. Post, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Harry S. Stark, Detroit, Mich., for petitioners-appellees; Morris, Stark, Rowland, Regan & Reagan, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether a payment made by a taxpayer to his employer for an alleged "insider" profit in a stock transaction, which was in the nature of a business expense but which had its genesis in a transaction in which the taxpayer realized a long term capital gain, should be treated as a long term capital loss. Stated differently, the issue is whether the tax benefits doctrine of Arrowsmith v. Commissioner of Internal...

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