Tunnicliffe v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 8259.

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
Citation88 F.2d 873
Docket NumberNo. 8259.,8259.
PartiesWilliam H. TUNNICLIFFE, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.
Decision Date09 March 1937

88 F.2d 873 (1937)

William H. TUNNICLIFFE, Petitioner,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

No. 8259.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 9, 1937.


H. M. Voorhis, of Orlando, Fla., for petitioner.

Howard P. Locke, J. Louis Monarch, and Sewall Key, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Robert H. Jackson and James W. Morris, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Herman Oliphant, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Treasury, and John E. Marshall, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This petition for review involves similar facts and the same questions dealt with in the opinion this day filed in John H. Therrell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (C.C.A.) 88 F.(2d) 869. For the reasons stated in that opinion the judgment is reversed, with direction to eliminate the contested tax.

Reversed.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge, dissents.

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2 practice notes
  • Helvering v. Therrell, s. 128
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • February 28, 1938
    ...The opinions below, Therrell v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 5 Cir., 88 F.2d 869; Tunnicliffe v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 5 Cir., 88 F.2d 873; McLoughlin v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 2 Cir., 89 F.2d 699; Freedman v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 3 Cir., 92 F.2d 150, state the essential facts—......
  • Therrell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 8212.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • March 9, 1937
    ...to the very reason of the doctrine invoked. That reason, that the state must be free from interference in the exercise of its sovereign 88 F.2d 873 powers and that if its officers and agents are subject to be taxed in respect of the compensation it pays them, the state is no longer sovereig......
2 cases
  • Helvering v. Therrell, s. 128
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • February 28, 1938
    ...The opinions below, Therrell v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 5 Cir., 88 F.2d 869; Tunnicliffe v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 5 Cir., 88 F.2d 873; McLoughlin v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 2 Cir., 89 F.2d 699; Freedman v. Com'r of Internal Revenue, 3 Cir., 92 F.2d 150, state the essential facts—......
  • Therrell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 8212.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • March 9, 1937
    ...to the very reason of the doctrine invoked. That reason, that the state must be free from interference in the exercise of its sovereign 88 F.2d 873 powers and that if its officers and agents are subject to be taxed in respect of the compensation it pays them, the state is no longer sovereig......

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