Legal Opinion

Francine Schuster v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 12, 1986No. 85-2345PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKER, District Judge.

Sister Francine Schuster (“Schuster”) filed a petition in the Tax Court contesting a determination by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that her income was taxable against her individually for wages she earned in 1980. The Tax Court sustained the Commissioner’s determination. We affirm.

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Schuster, a Roman Catholic nun, is a member of the Order of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (“the Order”). The Order is a tax-exempt religious organization whose purposes are “to conduct schools and places of learning and to promote education, to advance the cause of religious and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Automobile Club of Mich. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Dixon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Dickman v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Charles Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  5. The Reverend Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Haag v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1987
  2. In the Matter of Richard L. Kochell, Debtor. Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  3. Kanter v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. Douglas A. Page and Carolyn Page v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  5. Deangelis v. Von Kiel (In Re Von Kiel)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2012

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