Case Name: Kermit and Betty UECKER, Ann Uecker, Jon and Sheridan Hansen, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1985-07-29
Citations: 766 F.2d 909
Docket Number: No. 84-4500
Parties: Kermit and Betty UECKER, Ann Uecker, Jon and Sheridan Hansen, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 766
Pages: 909–910

Head Matter:
Kermit and Betty UECKER, Ann Uecker, Jon and Sheridan Hansen, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.
No. 84-4500.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 29, 1985.
Leeper & Leeper, Towner Leeper, El Paso, Tex., for petitioners.
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Chief Counsel, IRS, Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., U.S. Dept, of Justice, Michael L. Paup, Chief, Appellate See., David English Carmack, Elaine F. Ferris, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RANDALL, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Without regard to the tax court's analysis of whether the federal grazing privileges are leases or licenses, the decision of the tax court, 81 T.C. 983, is affirmed on the basis of that court's analysis of 26 U.S.C. § 178. Section 178 does not permit the claimed deductions as to privileges or leases such as those involved here which the proof showed could be renewed indefinitely.
AFFIRMED.