Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit June 25, 1998, 97-2951, 97-2952 (Charles E. Shepherd v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue)

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Charles Shepherd’s appeal from two orders of the Tax Court raises an important and, in this circuit, novel question of appellate jurisdiction with regard to one of the orders. The other order, in which the Tax Court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Shepherd’s petition complaining about his taxes for 1990 and 1996, is unproblematic and so we begin there.