Legal Opinion

Jon T. Stephens and Susanne Stephens v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 11, 1990No. 824, Docket 89-4116PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONBOY, District Judge:

Petitioners Jon T. Stephens and Susanne Stephens 1 appeal from the decision of the Tax Court, Stephens v. Commissioner, 93 T.C. 108 (1989), determining a deficiency in their federal income tax for the year 1984 in the amount of $28,397.34. The sole issue before us on appeal is whether the Tax Court correctly determined that Stephens was not entitled to a loss deduction, pursuant to Section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 165 (1982), 2 for a restitution payment he made in 1984 to the Raytheon Company (“Raytheon”), on the ground that allowance of the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. HeiningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Commissioner v. TellierSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Tank Truck Rentals, Inc. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Lilly v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Southern Pacific Transp. Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1980

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Jess Kraft and Barbara Kraft v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
  2. Mark D. Collins v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  3. Marshall M. Chernin Ida Raye Chernin, Cross-Appellants/appellees v. United States of America, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. Talley Industries Inc. Consolidated Subsidiaries v. Commissioner Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  5. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014

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