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         and a notice of final partnership administrative adjustment                  
         (FPAA) was ultimately issued to the partnership.  In December                
         1991, Alfred M. Clancy (Mr. Clancy), the general partner and tax             
         matters partner of San Nicholas, commenced a TEFRA partnership               
         proceeding in this Court.10  Subsequently, in November 1993, Mr.             
         Clancy and the Commissioner agreed to be bound by the decision to            
         be entered in Utah Jojoba I Research v. Commissioner, docket No.             
         7619-90, a TEFRA partnership proceeding involving Utah Jojoba                
         that had previously been commenced by petitioner in his capacity             
         as tax matters partner of that partnership.                                  
              In Utah Jojoba I Research v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1998-             
         6, the Court made detailed findings of fact related to the jojoba            
         limited partnerships,11 petitioner, U.S. Agri, and Mr. Pace.  The            
         Court described the R&D contract between the partnerships and                
         U.S. Agri as “mere window dressing” and held that the                        
         partnerships did not, directly or indirectly, engage in research             
         or experimentation and that the partnerships lacked a realistic              
         prospect of entering into a trade or business.  In upholding the             


               10 The TEFRA partnership proceeding was assigned docket No.            
          29994-91.  TEFRA stands for the Tax Equity and Fiscal                       
          Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-248, 96 Stat. 648.  See              
          secs. 6221-6232; N.C.F. Energy Partners v. Commissioner, 89 T.C.            
          741, 744 (1987); Maxwell v. Commissioner, 87 T.C. 783, 789                  
          (1986).                                                                     
               11 At least 18 docketed cases were bound by stipulation to             
          the outcome of Utah Jojoba I Research v. Commissioner, docket No.           
          7619-90.                                                                    





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