Bonanno v. United States

OPINION

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs originally filed suit for a tax refund with this court on October 14, 1986. This court then suspended proceedings on this case pending the ultimate disposition of Coplin v. United States and ordered all further adjudications on this claim to be bound by Coplin’s relevant rulings. See generally O’Connor v. United States, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 347, 93 L.Ed.2d 206 (1986), aff'g, Coplin v. United States, 761 F.2d 688 (Fed.Cir.1985), rev’g, 6 Cl.Ct. 115 (1984). With the ultimate decision in Coplin having already been made, the suspension was automatically lifted…