Opinion
26584-17 13376-19
01-26-2022
ESTATE OF SZERENA GUTTMAN, Deceased, RYVKIE GOLDBERGER, Administratrix, et al., Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge
These cases were on the Court's October 19, 2020 trial calendar for New York City, and in both the petitioners are the estates of a married couple. We put them on a status-report track because the parties were cooperating in informal discovery on the key valuation issue and the effects of related litigation in other courts on these estates. They recently reported that they continue to do so, and the cases still seem headed for settlement. They can stay on the status-report track, and it is therefore
ORDERED that the parties file a joint status report on or before March 28, 2022 describing their progress in settling the cases or narrowing the issues to be tried. They should also state their respective positions on when the cases will be ready for trial should they not settle.