SELLERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-1040.

617 F.2d 1042 (1980)

John G. SELLERS and Florence B. Sellers, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Cohen, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Gilbert E. Andrews, Stanley S. Shaw, Jr., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., and James A. Oast, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

William F. Burnside, Virginia Beach, Va., for appellees.

Before BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a judgment of the district court granting John and Florence Sellers (taxpayers) a refund for taxes paid in 1965 and 1966. The issue on appeal is whether the district court properly allocated all of a limited partnership's losses to John Sellers. We reverse because we conclude that the Commissioner's allocation of 60 percent of the losses must be sustained.

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