FILIOS v. C.I.R.

No. 99-2180.

224 F.3d 16 (2000)

Louis A. FILIOS; Estate of Emma L. Filios, Deceased, Petitioners, Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Brush for appellants.

Curtis C. Pett, Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, with whom Paula M. Junghans, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Ann B. Durney, Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from a decision of the United States Tax Court finding petitioners Louis A. Filios and Emma L. Filios liable for deficiencies in their 1992 and 1993 income tax payments. The question presented to the Tax Court was whether petitioner Louis Filios was pursuing horse racing and breeding for the primary purpose of earning a profit during the years in question. The Tax Court held that the requisite profit motive was lacking. ...

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