Case Name: Richard D. WARREN; Elizabeth K. Warren, Petitioners-Appellees, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-03-05
Citations: 282 F.3d 1099
Docket Number: Nos. 00-71217, 14924-98
Parties: Richard D. WARREN; Elizabeth K. Warren, Petitioners-Appellees, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: Before BROWNING, REINHARDT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 282
Pages: 1099-1119–1124

Head Matter:
Richard D. WARREN; Elizabeth K. Warren, Petitioners-Appellees, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.
Nos. 00-71217, 14924-98.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
March 5, 2002.
Before BROWNING, REINHARDT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This Court hereby appoints Professor Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of Southern California Law School to serve as amicus curiae and requests that the parties and amici submit supplemental briefs on the following issues:
(1) Does the Court have the authority to consider the constitutionality of IRC § 107(2)? Cf. Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428, 441 n. 7, 120 S.Ct. 2326, 147 L.Ed.2d 405 (2000); United States Nat'l Bank v. Indep. Ins. Agents, 508 U.S. 439, 447-48, 113 S.Ct. 2173, 124 L.Ed.2d 402 (1993); Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assoc., 485 U.S. 439, 445-47, 108 S.Ct. 1319, 99 L.Ed.2d 534 (1988).
(2) If so, should the Court exercise that authority?
(3) Is section 107(2) constitutional under the Establishment Clause? Cf. Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1, 109 S.Ct. 890, 103 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989).
The supplemental briefs shall be submitted within 45 days f the date of this order and shall be limited to 10,000 words. Reply briefs of not more than 5,000 words may be submitted within 21 days of the due date of the supplemental briefs.