Legal Opinion

Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. And Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company v. The United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 16, 1966No. 415-64PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARAMORE, Judge.

This case, now before us on cross-motions for summary judgment, presents an interesting question of the scope of the exemption for transactions incident to a corporate reorganization from the documentary stamp tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. ch. 34, §§ 4301-4384 (1964 Ed.). Plaintiffs are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas System, Inc., a Delaware corporation registered as a holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 803. Plaintiff, Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company (Cumberland), is a West…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Helvering v. Southwest Consolidated Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Helvering v. San Joaquin Fruit & Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. Berghash v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1965
  4. American Mail Line Ltd. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
  5. Cabot Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Movielab, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
  2. Associated Machine v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1967
  3. Stephens, Inc., and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  4. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., and the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  5. Associated Machine v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1967

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