COONEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-3469.

630 F.2d 438 (1980)

Michael COONEY, M.D. and Karen Cooney, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Buda, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James C. Cissell, U.S. Atty., Columbus, Ohio, Robert T. Carney, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C., M. Carr Ferguson, Gilbert Andrews, Mary Jennings, Richard W. Perkins, Robert Pomerance, Joan I. Oppenheimer, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Dr. Michael Cooney appeals from a judgment of the district court denying him relief in his suit for a refund of 1971 personal income taxes in the amount of $754.36.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether certain payments received by Dr. Cooney during his resident internship at the Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, were excludable from gross income as a fellowship grant or scholarship within the meaning of section 117 of the Internal...

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