MILLIGAN v. COMMISSIONER I.R.S.

No. 93-70273.

38 F.3d 1094 (1994)

Robert E. MILLIGAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Haga, Jr., Robert P. Solliday, Carolyn R. Matthews and Arthur W. Peterson, Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakley, Randolph & Haga, Phoenix, AZ, for petitioner-appellant.

Alice L. Ronk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent-appellee.

Bogdan Rentea and Oren L. Connaway, Rentea & Associates, Austin, TX, amicus curiae, for United Farmer's Agent Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n of American Family Agents, and Nat. Ass'n of State Farm Agents, Inc.

Before GOODWIN, PREGERSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Robert E. Milligan ("Milligan") appeals the tax court's order and decision upholding the Commissioner of Internal Revenue's determination of a deficiency in Milligan's federal income tax for the taxable year 1987 in the amount of $3,076.00. We have jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1). We reverse.

BACKGROUND

On April 12, 1949, Appellant Milligan began working as an exclusive insurance agent, on an independent contractor...

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