DAVIS v. C.I.R.

No. 87-1791.

866 F.2d 852 (1989)

Frank C. DAVIS, Jr. and Frank C. Davis, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Grace K. Davis, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan Dodson, III (argued), Paul S. Parker, Nashville, Tenn., for petitioners-appellants.

William F. Nelson, Chief Counsel, I.R.S., Michael C. Durney, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Gary R. Allen, William S. Rose, Jr., Nancy G. Morgan (argued), Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before WELLFORD and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and McQUADE, District Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

On his federal income tax return for 1975, appellant Frank Davis deducted a loss allegedly realized on a mortgage foreclosure sale. The Commissioner disallowed the deduction on the basis of 26 U.S.C. § 707(b), which provides that no deduction shall be allowed in respect of losses from direct or indirect sales or exchanges of property between commonly controlled partnerships. The Tax Court upheld the disallowance, and Mr. Davis...

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