YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 75-1670.

538 F.2d 790 (1976)

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Whitledge, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr. and Gary R. Allen, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief.

George E. Gibson, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Reece A. Gardner and Sheryl B. Etling, Kansas City, Mo., on brief.

Before LAY, ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Yellow Freight System, Incorporated (hereinafter taxpayer) against the United States to recover federal income taxes and assessed interest in the amount of $203,498.76 for the taxable years 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966. The controlling issue on this appeal is whether certain docks, dock additions and inspection lanes, constructed by the taxpayer in the years at issue, are investment credit properties within the meaning of...

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