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Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Isobel Berry Culp, et vir

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-1789 · judgment July 19, 2023


Certiorari denied · June 24, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 47% cert probability (95% interval 35%–60%)

Before the decision, about 11.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Third Circuit decision below.

Questions presented

  1. Whether 26 U.S.C. 6213(a) grants the Tax Court jurisdiction to review an untimely petition for redetermination of a tax deficiency?

  2. Even assuming that the Tax Court has jurisdiction to review some untimely petitions for redetermination of tax deficiencies, whether that jurisdiction extends to a petition filed after the Internal Revenue Service has already assessed the previously determined deficiency, as it is required to do under 26 U.S.C. 6213(c) “[i]f the taxpayer does not file a petition with the Tax Court within the time prescribed.” (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

For respondent
Melissa Arbus Sherry
Latham & Watkins LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A738

Proceedings

  1. Jun 24 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
  3. Jun 04 2024
    Reply of petitioner Commissioner of Internal Revenue filed. (Distributed)
  4. May 20 2024
    Brief of respondents Isobel Berry Culp, et vir in opposition filed.
  5. Apr 01 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 20, 2024.
  6. Mar 29 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 18, 2024 to May 20, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Mar 19 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 18, 2024)
  8. Feb 09 2024
    Application (23A738) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 19, 2024.
  9. Feb 07 2024
    Application (23A738) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 26, 2024 to March 19, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.