Legal Opinion
Maurie Starrels and Doris W. Starrels v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1962No. 17358_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge.
The Tax Court decision before us for review was founded upon a stipulation disclosing the following facts: Doris W. Starrels is the daughter of the late Commander Frank W. Wead. Loew’s, Inc. wished to produce a motion picture about naval aviation. Loew's agreed to pay Mrs. Starrels certain sums of money in return for her consent to the portrayal of her father, herself, and other members of the family in the proposed movie. Loew’s subsequently produced a movie "in which was depicted events taken from the life of Commander Wead,” and in due course made the disputed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Metter v. Los Angeles ExaminerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- Gill v. Curtis Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1952
- H. Liebes & Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Catlettsburg, KY. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. Dorothy R. GarberCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bonnie A. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Jack R. Hawkins, Cynthia J. Hawkins, Husband & Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Elizabeth A. Reese v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Huddell v. LevinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1975
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