PURVIS v. C. I. R.

No. 74-3177.

530 F.2d 1332 (1976)

Ralph E. PURVIS and Patricia Lee Purvis, his wife, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. and Patricia Lee Purvis in pro. per.

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilbert E. Andrews, Michael L. Paup, Philip I. Brennan, Attys., Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and McGOVERN, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner appeals a Tax Court decision [reported at 33 T.C.M. 164 (1974)] which found that since his activities during the taxable years 1963-68 did not constitute the "carrying on of a trade or business", he was not entitled to carry over operating losses under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 [26 U.S.C. § 172] or to deduct lobbying expenses pursuant to § 162(e) [26 U.S.C. § 162(e)]. We affirm.

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