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Parties Involved:
United States
Appellee
W.E. Partners II, LLC
Appellant

Document Text:

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 

W.E. PARTNERS II, LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES,

Defendant-Appellee

______________________ 

2015-5054

______________________ 

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal 

Claims in No. 1:13-cv-00054-TCW, Judge Thomas C. 

Wheeler. 

______________________ 

JUDGMENT

______________________ 

STEPHEN G. LEATHAM, Heurlin, Potter, Jahn, 

Leatham, Holtmann & Stoker, P.S., Vancouver, WA, 

argued for plaintiff-appellant.

KATHLEEN E. LYON, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by CAROLINE D. CIRAOLO,

DIANA L. ERBSEN, GILBERT STEVEN ROTHENBERG, TERESA 

E. MCLAUGHLIN, ANDREW M. WEINER. 

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JERRY STOUCK, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Washington, 

DC, for amicus curiae MeadWestvaco Virginia Corporation. Also represented by MICHAEL J. SCHAENGOLD,

PAMELA J. MARPLE. 

TIMOTHY LEE JACOBS, Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Forest & Paper 

Association.

______________________ 

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: 

 PER CURIAM (WALLACH, CLEVENGER, and TARANTO,

Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

 ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 5, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole

Date Daniel E. O’Toole 

 Clerk of Court

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