Legal Opinion

Shell Petroleum, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided May 9, 2000No. 97-945 TPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAMICH, Judge.

Shell has filed a motion to compel against the United States in which it sought information about its case for a tax refund, information which happens to be in the tax returns of its competitors. Specifically, Shell is looking for information contained in certif*720icates for tax credit filed under Internal Revenue Code Section 43.1 Shell believes that the information in section 43 certificates is relevant to its pending lawsuit for a tax credit under Section 29, a tax credit for oil produced from tar sands, because the certificates will provide information about how…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Church of Scientology v. Internal Revenue ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Leonard Greene and Joyce Greene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  3. Shell Petroleum, Inc., and Subsidiary Corporations v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  4. Baskin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  5. Beresford v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1988

3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Jade Trading, LLC v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  4. Jade Trading, LLC v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  5. Shell Petroleum, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2001

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