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In recent months, attorneys for the class members have returned to court to force the city to explain the reason for the undistributed funds.

One of the writers, Washington attorney David B. Rivkin, had helped write an appeal petition asking the court to take up a major tax case and rule the Constitution forbids levies on undistributed corporate profits.

She said it “would cause a sea change” in the tax code and “cost several trillion dollars in lost tax revenue” if the court were to strike down the taxes on undistributed business earnings.

After increasing its supplies as demand rose, the organization was left with 3,000 undistributed turkeys, which Jones said would probably be distributed to other organizations holding giveaways.

And the health-care industry and its advocates are now leaning harder than ever on HHS to release the undistributed funds.