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BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 104-53.

132 F.Supp. 711 (1955)

BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORPORATION v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marvin Haynes, Washington, D. C., Haynes & Miller, N. Barr Miller, F. Eberhart Haynes, Oscar L. Tyree, and Joseph H. Sheppard, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Robert H. Weinstein, Washington, D. C., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.

LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff sues to recover $1,030,688.86, plus interest, which represents income and excess profits taxes and deficiency interest paid for its fiscal years ended April 30, 1943, through 1950, inclusive. There are two issues presented. The first and principal one is the reasonableness of compensation paid to plaintiff's officers and key employees in accordance with its incentive compensation plan for each of the years involved. The other issue is whether...

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