Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
This is a petition to review a decision of the Tax Court relating to deductions for the year 1946 on account of personal services rendered taxpayer corporation by officers who with their "wives were its sole stockholders. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Tax Court and need not be repeated here. Taxpayer contends that the bonus of $30,881.69 paid to each of the officers for the year 1946 in addition to salaries of $12,000 each was reasonable because provided for by a contract under which the officers were to have 50% of the net profits of the corporation in excess of 15% and that this was in effect a continuation of a contract made sometime prior thereto when the stock of the corporation was owned by others. The question is one of fact and we are not prepared to hold that the holding of the Tax Court with regard thereto was clearly wrong. A bonus contract which was reasonable as holding out an incentive to those managing the corporation when its stock was owned by others could well be held unreasonable when the managers themselves became owners of the stock and the question was, not what incentive was needed to call forth their best efforts, but what part of the earnings of the corporation could fairly be paid to them for their services as officers. See University Chevrolet Co. v. Commissioner, 16 T.C. 1452, affirmed 5 Cir., 199 F.2d 629.
Affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B