PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. C.I.R.

No. 89-1259.

882 F.2d 832 (1989)

The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Kelleher (argued), Irene Price, and Kathleen M. Niles, Groom and Nordberg Chartered, Washington, D.C., for appellant (Michael R. Chesman and Terry J. Hartzel, Prudential Ins. Co. of America, of counsel.)

James I.K. Knapp, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Chief Appellate Section, Robert S. Pomerance, and Robert W. Metzler (argued), Attys. Tax Div., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before GIBBONS, Chief Judge, and HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge, and WOLIN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Chief Judge:

The Prudential Insurance Company of America appeals from an adverse United States Tax Court decision. The sole issue presented is whether receipt by an insurance company of prepayment charges upon the retirement of certain corporate mortgages should be characterized as long-term capital gain excluded from "gross investment income" within the meaning of section 804(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Tax Court held...

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