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  • May 15, 2019
    decided Decision issued in Billy F. Hawk, Jr., GST Non-Exempt Marital Trust v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

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Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton May 15, 2019

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. After Billy Hawk died in 2000, his wife Nancy Sue decided to sell the family bowling business, Holiday Bowl. With the help of lawyers and accountants, she made a deal with MidCoast, a company that claimed an interest in acquiring companies with corporate tax liabilities that it could set off against its net-operating losses. Holiday Bowl first sold its assets-bowl…

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