CHEMTECH ROYALTY ASSOCIATES, L.P. v. U.S.

No. 13-30887.

766 F.3d 453 (2014)

CHEMTECH ROYALTY ASSOCIATES, L.P., as Tax Matters Partner Real Party in Interest Dow Europe, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant. Chemtech Royalty Associates, L.P., by Dow Europe, S.A. as Tax Matters Partner, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant. Chemtech II, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant. Chemtech II, L.P. By Ifco, Incorporated, as Tax Matters Partner, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Landau (argued), Jason Michael Wilcox , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., John B. Magee , Hartman Evans Blanchard, Jr., Esq. , James David Bridgeman , Robert Andrew Leonard , Christopher Patrick Murphy, Esq. , Counsel, Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Preston J. Castille, Jr. , Trial Attorney, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Francesca Ugolini (argued), Tamara W. Ashford, Esq. , Deputy Assistant Attorney, Richard Bradshaw Farber, Esq. , Supervisory Attorney, Gilbert Steven Rothenberg, Esq. , Deputy Assistant Attorney, Thomas James Sawyer , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John Joseph Gaupp, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, James Patrick Thompson , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the tax consequences of two transactions undertaken by Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") and a number of foreign banks1 from 1993 through 2006. During those years, Dow and the foreign banks purported to operate two partnerships that generated over one billion dollars in tax deductions for Dow. After a five-day trial, the district court disregarded the partnerships for tax purposes on three...

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