LOVE BOX CO., INC. v. C.I.R.

No. 85-1804.

842 F.2d 1213 (1988)

LOVE BOX COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Martin (Donald E. Hill, with him on the brief), Martin, Churchill, Overman, Hill & Cole, Chartered, Wichita, Kan., for appellant.

Bruce R. Ellisen, Atty., Tax Div. (Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup and Richard Farber, Attys., Tax Div., with him on the brief), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before McKAY, McWILLIAMS, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

The issue before the court is whether the costs a company incurred in sponsoring seminars by a well-known free enterprise advocate are deductible expenses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (I.R.C.).1

Love Box Company, Inc. (Company) is a Kansas corporation which manufactures and sells boxes and other fiberboard and wood products. The Company operates facilities located in Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky,...

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