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United States Sixth Circuit


CHURCHILL DOWNS, INC. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 01-1274

Expenses related to dinners and events held by a horse race track owner and operator qualify as "entertainment" under 36 C.F.R. section 1.274-2(b)(1)(ii)'s objective standard.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 10/08/2002
  • Published 10/08/2002

Judges

  • Before BOGGS, SILER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Byron E. Leet (argued and briefed), Paul J. Dyar, Paul J. Cox, C. Tyson Gorman (briefed), Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants.

  • For Appellees:
  • Stuart L. Brown, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, Richard Farber (briefed), Karen D. Utiger (argued and briefed), United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section Tax Division, Washington, DC, for Appellee.
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