ALGERNON S. SCHAFER v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1936)

ALGERNON S. SCHAFER v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
	Term: 1936
Important Dates
	Argued: November 17, 1936
	Decided: December 7, 1936
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

ALGERNON S. SCHAFER v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 1936. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1936.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 299 U.S. 171
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.