SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In a letter written on November 13, 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously warned that "in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." This appeal proves the enduring wisdom of Franklin's pithy admonition. The tale follows.
Refined to bare essence, the appeal presents two interconnected questions. The first, which concerns the amount of tax due, turns on whether shares of stock held in the name of a decedent were community property...
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