· 10/4/1988
Ivan K. Landreth Lucille Landreth v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service
Citations
- 859 F.2d 643
- 62 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5641
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 14167
- 1988 WL 100815
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- holding that a three-judge panel may reexamine circuit precedent \where Congress has retroactively clarified the meaning of the statute at issue\
- treating parties' submissions regarding proposed Rule 155 ↩ computations as joint motions to reopen the record and receive new evidence
- looking to both the text of the statutory changes and Congressional statements of purpose
- only “unequivocal evidence” of legislative purpose in the history to a statute may override the plain meaning of the words therein
- only \unequivocal evidence\ of legislative purpose in the history to a statute may override the plain meaning of the words therein
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Judges: Fletcher, Norris, MacBride
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