FRIEDMAN v. C.I.R.

No. 87-1154.

869 F.2d 785 (1989)

Sheldon E. FRIEDMAN; Debby B. Friedman; Zell C. Hurwitz; Myrna Hurwitz; Alvin Akman; Marion Akman; Leonard Gilmor; Sandra Gilmor; Morton M. Perry; Dorothy G. Perry, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin M. Ruken (Stuart D. Kenney, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Kenneth C. Shepro, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for petitioners-appellants.

Kenneth L. Greene, Washington, D.C. (William S. Rose, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Richard Farber, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The appellants herein all claimed ordinary loss deductions on their 1976 income tax returns as a result of losses incurred in London options transactions. The Commissioner challenged these deductions, and assessed deficiencies against each of the appellants for the 1976 tax year. The Tax Court found in favor of the Commissioner. We affirm the decisions of the Tax Court.

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