NESTLÉ PURINA PETCARE CO. v. C.I.R.

No. 09-1381.

594 F.3d 968 (2010)

NESTLÉ PURINA PETCARE CO., Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER of INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Walsh, argued, St. Louis, MO (Thomas Walsh, Kenneth Allen Kleban and Derek Rose, on the brief), for Appellant.

Ellen Page DelSole, IRS Attorney, argued, Washington, DC (Richard Farber and Ellen Page DelSole, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BENTON, Circuit Judge.

The tax court ruled, on summary judgment, that Nestlé Purina Petcare Company—hereafter Ralston, its name during the relevant years—could not deduct payments for cash distribution redemptive dividends. Ralston Purina Co. v. Comm'r, 131 T.C. 29, 2008 WL 4159698 (2008). Ralston appeals. Having jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482, this court affirms.

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In 1989, Ralston established an employee stock...

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