KELLER v. C.I.R.

Nos. 06-75466, 07-70644, 07-71715, 07-71719, 07-72001, 07-72003, 07-72004, 07-72010, 07-72073, 07-72093, 07-72114, 07-72139, 07-72654, 07-72655, 07-72737, 07-73038.

568 F.3d 710 (2009)

Michael W. KELLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee. Gary W. McDonough, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. William H. Lindley; Jo Anne Lindley, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Donald Ertz, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Franklin Hubbart; Janetta Hubbart, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Roger Carter; Lora Carter, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Daniel O. Abelein, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Bobbie E. Johnson, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Gordon Freeman; Ilene Freeman, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Estate of Carol Andrews, Deceased; Robert Andrews, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Roy Barnes; Antonette Barnes, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Roger D. Catlow; Mary M. Catlow, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Barry Blondheim; Sherry Blondheim, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Donald Clayton; Yvonne Clayton, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Gary Hansen; Johnean F. Hansen, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee. Martin Smith; Sharon Smith, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated February 4, 2009.

Submitted May 27, 2009.

Filed June 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri A. Merriam, Merriam & Associates, P.C., Seattle, WA, for the petitioners-appellants.

Anthony T. Sheehan, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals concern the outstanding tax liabilities for sixteen Taxpayers (as we shall refer to the individual partners) who invested in cattle partnerships operated by Walter J. Hoyt III. Their appeals are taken from the decision of the Tax Court holding that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue did not abuse his discretion in rejecting Taxpayers' offers-in-compromise. In collection due process hearings Taxpayers also challenged...

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