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DORRANCE v. U.S.

Nos. 13-16548, 13-16635.

809 F.3d 479 (2015)

Bennett DORRANCE; Jacquelynn Dorrance, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 9, 2015.

Amended December 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua S. Akbar, Esquire , Dentons U.S. LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Laura L. Gavioli , Counsel, Michael Todd Welty , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Judith Ann Hagley, Esquire , Tamara W. Ashford , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan S. Cohen , Gilbert Steven Rothenberg, Esquire , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR. Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal requires us to "return to the very basics of tax law" and consider whether taxpayers had a cost basis in assets that they later sold, but for which they paid nothing. Washington Mut. Inc. v. United States, 636 F.3d 1207<...

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