Legal Opinion

Trans-Lux Corporation v. The United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided December 29, 1982No. 123-79PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENNETT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Claims Court. * The court determined that amounts paid by the lessees of Trans-Lux’s teletypewriters to Trans-Lux were not “charges” paid for “teletypewriter exchange service” within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 4252(c) (1976). The court therefore held that Trans-Lux was entitled to recover the federal excise taxes paid to the United States in the last quarter of 1975 and the first two quarters of 1976 1 as computed on the rental and service charges paid by appellee’s customers. Because the excise taxes were actually…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. A. P. Green Export Company v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
  4. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1979
  5. Allstate Insurance v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1977

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. American Bankers Insurance Group v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  2. America Online, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  3. Mary Rose Diefenderfer v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
  4. Internal Revenue Service v. WorldCom, Inc. (In Re WorldCom, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
  5. Fortis, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004

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