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Norma L. Slone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-73349, 16-73351, 16-73354, 16-73356 · judgment July 24, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a court of appeals may reverse a factdependent ruling of the tax court without articulating any standard of review, finding that any of the tax court’s factual findings were clearly erroneous, identifying which of the tax court’s detailed factual findings with which it disagreed, and identifying facts it relied upon in deciding another issue that the tax court had never reached.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stephen E Silver
Silver Law PLC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2019Petition DENIED.
- Feb 27 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
- Feb 14 2019Waiver of right of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service to respond filed.
- Jan 30 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)
- Nov 20 2018Application (18A527) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 30, 2019.
- Nov 15 2018Application (18A527) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 30, 2018 to January 30, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.