BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, INC. v. C.I.R.

No. 02-60188.

328 F.3d 770 (2003)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bromley, R. Lee Christie, Glen H. Kanwit (argued), Tracy D. Williams, Belinda S. Morgan, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert W. Metzler (argued), David I. Pincus, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Charles Casazza, Clerk, U.S. Tax Court, B. John Williams, Jr., IRS, Eileen J. O'Connor, Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.

Frederick Hampden Robinson, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.


FALLON, District Judge:

Before the Court is the appeal of the Tax Court's decision against appellant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Inc. and Subsidiaries. The issues in this appeal require resolution of whether certain amounts referred to as "coordination of benefits savings" ("COB savings") qualify as "estimated salvage recoverable" such that Blue Cross can claim a special tax deduction, and, if not, whether Blue Cross met requirements to fall under a safe...

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