GROETZINGER v. C.I.R.

No. 84-2507.

771 F.2d 269 (1985)

Robert P. GROETZINGER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Ellisen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellant.

Carroll Baymiller, Baymiller, Christison & Radley, Peoria, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the Tax Court erred in holding that the taxpayer's gambling activities constituted a "trade or business" for purposes of Section 62(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 62(1). The Commissioner asserts that the taxpayer's failure to hold himself out to others as offering goods or services precludes characterization of his activities as a trade or business. We disagree and affirm...

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