MORGANBESSER v. U.S.

Nos. 230, 353, Dockets 92-6110, 92-6118.

984 F.2d 560 (1993)

Marvin B. MORGANBESSER, Douglas Bleiler, Wayne Gyenizs, James N. McParland and International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 478, A-C-D-E Pension Plan, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Peter Schmidt, Washington, DC (Philip W. Horton, Vivian L. Hobbs, and Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC; Lawrence H. Lissitzyn, and Reid & Reige, Hartford, CT, on the brief), for appellees.

Robert W. Metzler, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (James A. Bruton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen and Kenneth L. Greene, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, and Albert S. Dabrowski, U.S. Atty., New Haven, CT, on the brief), for appellant.

Before: TIMBERS, MINER, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the United States, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, District Judge, finding appellees exempt from taxation because their pension plan qualifies as a labor organization under Internal Revenue Code (Code) § 501(c)(5).

Appellant asserts that the type of trust here involved can neither be considered a labor organization for the purposes of § 501(c)(5), nor...

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