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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. DISSTON (1945)

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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. DISSTON |
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Term: 1944 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 24, 1945 |
Decided: June 4, 1945 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone |
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. DISSTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1945. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1945.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Tax Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
- Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 325 U.S. 442
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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