Legal Opinion

Donna R. Foss, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustave J. Foss, Deceased v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 8, 1989No. 88-5152PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STUART, Senior District Judge.

Donna R. Foss, personal representative of the Estate of Gustave J. Foss (the Estate), brought this action for a refund of federal estate taxes claiming that the Estate had made a valid election for a special use valuation of farm property under 26 U.S.C. § 2032A which grants relief to the heirs of family farms who might otherwise find that valuation of inherited farm land at its “highest and best use” would produce such a large estate tax liability that it would be necessary to sell the farm to pay the tax. The matter was submitted to the district court on cross…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Datapoint CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  2. McDonald v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  3. Gladys L. McDonald v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Estate of John McDonald Deceased, C.F. Cornelius, Personal Representative v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. Terrance Kenneth ProvostCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  2. Lucille Prussner, as of the Estate of Aileen E. Pfeifer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Life Insurance Co. of Virginia v. Barakat (In Re Barakat)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1994
  4. Nelson v. Mickelson (In Re Pfleghaar)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. Luedtke v. Nationsbanc Mortgage Corp. (In Re Luedtke)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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