Legal Opinion

Whitehouse Hotel Limited Partnership, QHR Holdings-New Orleans, Ltd., Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided October 23, 2012No. Docket 12104-03Unknown

1Opinion of the Court

CONTENTS

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION . 306

Discussion . 314

I. Introduction . 314

315 II.Approaches to Valuation

A. Cost Approach . co ÜT

1. In General . oo OI

318 2. Comparing Petitioner’s Historic Cost to Mr. Roddewig’s Cost Estimate .

318 3. Terra Cotta Reproduction Cost .

319 4. External Obsolescence .

320 5. Land Value .

321 6. Conclusion ...

321 B. Income Approach .

321 1. Introduction .

321 2. In General .

326 3. Conclusion .

328 C. Comparable-Sales Approach .

328 1. Introduction .

329 2. Disregard of Sales of Nonlocal Comparable Properties

330 3. Highest and Best Use .

332 4. Second-Best Use .

336 5. Conclusion .

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Brazos River Authority v. GE Ionics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
  5. Southmark Properties and St. Charles Avenue, Inc. v. The Charles House CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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