LA CAISSE POPULAIRE STE. MARIE v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1129.

563 F.2d 505 (1977)

LA CAISSE POPULAIRE STE. MARIE (St. Mary's Bank), Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Henzke, Jr., Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Myron C. Baum, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., William J. Deachman, III, U. S. Atty., Concord, N. H., Gilbert E. Andrews and William A. Friedlander, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

James E. Higgins, Manchester, N. H., with whom E. Tupper Kinder, Stephen E. Weyl and Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, Prof. Assn. of Manchester, N. H., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, District Judge.


CAFFREY, District Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether La Caisse Populaire Ste. Marie (St. Mary's Bank) is a credit union entitled to federal income tax exemption under the provisions of Section 501(c)(14)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

St. Mary's Co-operative Credit Association, founded in 1908 and chartered by the State of New Hampshire on April 9, 1909, was the first credit union in the United States.1

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