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FURSTENBERG v. UNITED STATES

No. 306-74.

595 F.2d 603 (1979)

Cecil Blaffer FURSTENBERG and Richard M. Sheridan v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

March 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Hall, Houston, Tex., attorney of record, for plaintiffs; Gerald W. Haddock, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Donald H. Olson, Washington, D.C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. M. Carr Ferguson, Washington, D.C., for defendant; Theodore D. Peyser, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, New York City, for Art Dealers Association of America, Inc., amicus curiae; Ralph F. Colin and Gilbert S. Edelson, New York City, of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Judge, and SMITH, Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The issue before the court in this action for recovery of federal income taxes is the fair market value of a figure painting by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, "La Meditation," during the 2-year period 1967-68, in which the plaintiffs donated undivided interests in the painting to the University of Houston. Both parties appeal from the decision of Senior Trial Judge Mastin G. White that the value of the painting was $160,000.

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