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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. STERN, TRANSFEREE (1958)

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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. STERN, TRANSFEREE |
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Term: 1957 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 7, 1958 |
Decided: June 9, 1958 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker |
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. STERN, TRANSFEREE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1958.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Tax Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.
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: 357 U.S. 39
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan
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 conservative.
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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