WYLY v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-2138.

662 F.2d 397 (1981)

Sam E. WYLY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray, Anderson, Shields, Trotti & Hemphill, George E. Ray, Troy Murrell, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Martha Joe Stroud, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., John F. Murray, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Tex Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This case presents four issues for review. The first deals with the deductibility to each taxpayer under I.R.C. § 267 of losses on securities sold by the taxpayer to a trust established by the taxpayer's parents for the benefit of the taxpayer's children under the circumstance in which the trust instrument, taken in conjunction with the Texas Probate Code, provides that if all the primary beneficiaries die without issue prior to the termination...

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