FRY v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1779.

557 F.2d 646 (1977)

Lawrence R. FRY and Nellie R. Fry, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Reynolds, argued, Gustafson & Reynolds, Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Myron C. Baum, Jeffrey S. Blum, argued, Attys., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, Lawrence and Nellie Fry, are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (the Tribe). They appeal from a judgment of the district court holding that their income derived from logging operations on Reservation land is not exempt from federal income taxation. We affirm.

Kettle Falls Lumber Company, a non-Indian concern, contracted with the Tribe to cut timber from unallotted lands of the Reservation...

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