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          the proposed depositions will be videotaped and that the                    
          applicants agree to begin Mr. Girolami’s deposition on or about             
          May 14, 2002, and Mr. Jack’s deposition on or about June 4, 2002.           
          The applicants have further agreed to a so-called discovery                 
          schedule to permit the Commissioner to make reasonable requests             
          for information from Glaxo, consult with experts, and make                  
          further preparations in advance of the proposed depositions.                
               This matter was called for hearing at the Court’s motions              
          session held in Washington, D.C.  Counsel for both parties                  
          appeared at the hearing and offered argument in support of the              
          joint application.  Glaxo filed a Rule 50(c) statement indicating           
          that:  (1) Actuarial studies suggest that there is an                       
          approximately 40-percent probability that Mr. Girolami will not             
          survive to the end of 2006 and an approximately 50-percent                  
          probability that Mr. Jack will not survive to the end of 2006;              
          and (2) health and aging studies suggest that, even if they do              
          survive to the end of 2006, there would be a significant                    
          likelihood that they would be suffering from substantial memory             
          lapses or other forms of mental impairment at that time.                    
                                     Discussion                                       
               Rule 82 provides for the taking of depositions before the              
          commencement of a Tax Court case “to perpetuate testimony or to             
          preserve any document or thing regarding any matter that may be             
          cognizable in this Court”.  Rule 82 is derived from rule 27(a) of           






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