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Readers of this blog may know that the Tax Court’s Dawson tool shows the docket entries for cases but has historically included for public view by link only documents prepared and filed by the Court. Dawson is now showing some documents prepared and filed by the parties. For an example, I point to the Simultaneous Opening Briefs in Capitol Places II Owner, LLC v. Commissio...


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I start with two opposing statements:

“Chevron requires a federal court to accept the agency's construction of the statute, even if the agency's reading differs from what the court believes is the best statutory interpretation.” National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967, 980 (2005) (Thomas, J....


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Continuing on my exploration of AI (I am still a novice), I asked several AI tools about ambiguity and continuum of confidence in statutory interpretation as a way to think about when ambiguity does not permit a court to determine the best interpretation to the required confidence level (in percentages say 51%, 60%, 67%, etc.). I offer here the best of the AI outcomes (from M...


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I note that today, among the orders released, the following Order was issued setting a trial of the valuation issue (and no other issue) in a conservation easement case. (I copy and paste the full order below, but readers may access the original order for case # 8669-20,


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 I have written before on the Brockman multi-year tax evasion scheme. See here. Brockman was indicted but, before he could be tried, he died, thereby resolving the criminal case without a verdict of guilty or not guilty.

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