Case Name: WASHINGTON TRUST BANK, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-07-07
Citations: 444 F.2d 1235
Docket Number: No. 25219
Parties: WASHINGTON TRUST BANK, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 444
Pages: 1235–1236

Head Matter:
WASHINGTON TRUST BANK, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.
No. 25219.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
July 7, 1971.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 13, 1971.
William Friedlander (argued), Atty. for Tax Div., Johnnie M. Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, John M. Kirk, Washington, D. C., Dean C. Smith, U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for appellant.
Eldon Reiley (argued), Myers, Reiley & Annis, Spokane, Wash., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, District Judge.
The Honorable Alfred T. Goodwin, District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The district court, 301 F.Supp. 713, entered judgment granting a refund of capital-gain taxes paid by plaintiff, a trustee of an endowment fund established under Washington law to provide perpetual care for a profit-making cemetery.
The judgment is reversed, for the reasons stated in Evergreen Cemetery Association of Seattle v. United States of America, 444 F.2d 1232 (9th Cir. 1971).
The difference between a trustee (this case) and a nonprofit corporation (Evergreen Cemetery case) has no bearing upon tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code of 1954, § 501(c) (13).