ESTATE OF ISRAEL v. COMMISSIONER OF I.R.S.

No. 97-1489.

159 F.3d 593 (1998)

ESTATE OF Leon ISRAEL, Jr., Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan I. Oppenheimer, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth L. Greene, Attorney.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Tax Court sustaining the position of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue regarding the tax treatment of certain losses. The appellants are the co-executors of an estate and the decedent's widow. The case turns on venue. Decisions of the Tax Court may be appealed to the circuit courts of appeals. The venue of a court of appeals depends on...

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