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BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. GUGGENHEIM (1933)

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BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. GUGGENHEIM
Term: 1932
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1933
Decided: February 6, 1933
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisBenjamin Nathan CardozoJames Clark McReynoldsOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske StoneWillis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Pierce ButlerGeorge Sutherland

BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. GUGGENHEIM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 6, 1933. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1933.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
  • Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 288 U.S. 280
  • 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: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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.

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