Legal Opinion

Oklahoma Press Publishing Company v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 12, 1971No. 483-69PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS ** , Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the application of §§ 531-37 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which impose a surtax on every corporation “formed or availed of for the purpose of avoiding the income tax with respect to its shareholders * * * by permitting earnings and profits to accumulate instead of being divided or distributed.”

Appellee-taxpayer is a family-owned corporation organized under the laws of the state of Oklahoma and engaged in the publication of a daily newspaper and the operation of a radio station in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Beginning in 1943 and from time to time…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
  2. Henry Van Hummell, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. Sterling Distributors, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  4. Electric Regulator Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  5. K O M A, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Tulsa Broadcasting Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Hayutin v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  2. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  3. The Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  4. Bahan Textile MacHinery Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
  5. Atlantic Properties, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975

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