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no dispute as to any material fact with respect to this levy
action, and that respondent’s determination to proceed with
collection of petitioner’s outstanding tax liabilities for 1996
and 1998 should be sustained as a matter of law.
Summary judgment is intended to expedite litigation and
avoid unnecessary and expensive trials. Fla. Peach Corp. v.
Commissioner, 90 T.C. 678, 681 (1988). Summary judgment may be
granted with respect to all or any part of the legal issues in
controversy “if the pleadings, answers to interrogatories,
depositions, admissions, and any other acceptable materials,
together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no
genuine issue as to any material fact and that a decision may be
rendered as a matter of law.” Rule 121(a) and (b); see
Sundstrand Corp. v. Commissioner, 98 T.C. 518, 520 (1992), affd.
17 F.3d 965 (7th Cir. 1994); Zaentz v. Commissioner, 90 T.C. 753,
754 (1988); Naftel v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 527, 529 (1985). The
moving party bears the burden of proving that there is no genuine
issue of material fact, and factual inferences will be read in a
manner most favorable to the party opposing summary judgment.
Dahlstrom v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 812, 821 (1985); Jacklin v.
Commissioner, 79 T.C. 340, 344 (1982).
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are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.
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