Task: songer_treat

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below; i.e., how the decision below is "treated" by the appeals court. That is, the basic outcome of the case for the litigants, indicating whether the appellant or respondent "won" in the court of appeals.

PER CURIAM.
The sole question involved in this case is whether certain payments made by the taxpayer in 1944 and 1945 to the “Erie Times Employees’ Benefit and Pension Fund,” a fund established by the taxpayer’s employees, were deductible from the taxpayer’s gross income under Section 23(a) or Section 23 (p) of the Internal Revende Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 23(a, p). The Tax Court held that the payments in question were not deductible for income tax purposes. After examining the record we find ourselves in full accord with the reasoning and conclusions contained in the opinion of the Tax Court filed by Judge Black, 13 T.C 329. We need add nothing to what is there said.
The decision of the Tax Court will accordingly be affirmed.

Question: What is the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below?
A. stay, petition, or motion granted
B. affirmed; or affirmed and petition denied
C. reversed (include reversed & vacated)
D. reversed and remanded (or just remanded)
E. vacated and remanded (also set aside & remanded; modified and remanded)
F. affirmed in part and reversed in part (or modified or affirmed and modified)
G. affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded; affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
H. vacated
I. petition denied or appeal dismissed
J. certification to another court
K. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B