SUTHERLAND v. EGGER

Civ. A. 83-1352.

605 F.Supp. 28 (1984)

George SUTHERLAND, et al., Plaintiff, v. Roscoe L. EGGER, as Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the United States of America and Consolidated Rail Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Jones, Aloysius F. Mahler, Pittsburgh, Pa., David S. Fortney, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Will E. McLeod, Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

McCUNE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this suit are former employees of the co-defendant, Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL), who accepted a lump sum payment of up to $25,000.00 from CONRAIL as an incentive to elect early retirement.

At issue is whether the IRS may tax this lump sum as ordinary income within the calendar year it is received and whether CONRAIL may lawfully withhold a portion of the sum as if earned as wages.<...

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