BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. LEININGER (1932) - Ballotpedia

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BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. LEININGER

Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1932
Decided: March 14, 1932
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. LEININGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1932. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1932.

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, Sixth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
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: 285 U.S. 136
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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