Legal Opinion

Dixon v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 19, 1964No. 451, Docket 28752PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether profits attributable to-original issue discount on “commercial paper,” defined as short-term, non-interest-bearing commercial obligations, are-taxable at ordinary income or capital, gains rates under the Internal Revenue-Code of 1939.1

The relevant facts in this case are free-from dispute. Thus, the plaintiffs” amended complaint reveals that during the taxable year 1952, the taxpayers or their spouses or decedents were partners-in the investment firm of Carl M. Loeb-Rhoades & Co., a member of the New York and American…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Deputy, Administratrix v. Du PontSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Automobile Club of Mich. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Commissioner v. P. G. Lake, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. CaulkinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
  5. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. J. I. Morgan and Frances MorganCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Joseph I. Lubin and Evelyn J. Lubin, and Estate of Joseph Eisner, Deceased, Helen Eisner, and Helen Eisner v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  2. Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Dixon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  4. Midland-Ross Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964

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