CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF HAWAII v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-2761.

485 F.2d 313 (1973)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF HAWAII, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer T. Rothwacks (argued), Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fred B. Ugast, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert K. Fukuda, U. S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, Harold S. Larsen, Grant W. Wiprud, Donald H. Olson, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Tobias C. Tolzmann (argued), Joe Thrasher, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOELSCH, WRIGHT and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


TRASK, Circuit Judge:

The district court denied the government's motion to dismiss in this tax refund case. Being of the opinion that the denial involved a controlling question of law and that an immediate appeal might materially advance the ultimate disposition of the case, the trial court so stated and we allowed the interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).1

The Church of Scientology of Hawaii (Church) was granted...

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