SAMSON v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 84-827.

743 F.2d 884 (1984)

Sister Mary K. SAMSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Arden Roha, Washington, D.C., argued for appellant; John Holt Myers, Marc E. Albert and Susan L. Flaherty, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Terry L. Fredricks, Washington, D.C., argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup and Ann Belanger Durney, Washington, D.C.

Francis J. Vaas, John C. Kane, Jr., Virginia C. Hall and Marianna C. Pierce, Boston, Mass., were on the brief for amici curiae.

Before FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.


COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in a tax refund suit from the United States Claims Court (Claims Court).1 Taxpayer, a member of a religious order, is subject to vows of poverty and obedience, and all income derived from her activities is the property of the order. The question presented is whether services she performed as a speech therapist for a county hospital, wholly unrelated to her order, come within the exception...

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