Opinion
20727-21
08-29-2022
MATTOCK HOLDINGS, LLC, ORNSTEIN-SCHULER, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge
This case is on the Court's October 24, 2022 trial calendar for Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of many syndicated conservation-easement cases before the Court, and the parties moved to continue it. We spoke with them today to discuss the case's development and further briefing on petitioner's motion for partial summary judgment. It is possible that common issues within a group of about 100 cases similar to this one will impel the Chief Judge to consolidate and assign them to a single judge. If so, it might make sense to release jurisdiction over this case and add it to that consolidated group. There are also likely to be new developments that will affect the pending motion for partial summary judgment. But for now it is
ORDERED that the parties' August 15, 2022 motion for continuance is granted in that this case is stricken from the Court's October 24, 2022 trial calendar. It is also
ORDERED that this division of the Court retains jurisdiction.