DETROIT EDISON CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1943) - Ballotpedia

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DETROIT EDISON CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: April 13, 1943
Decided: May 3, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge

DETROIT EDISON CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1943. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1943.

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 of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 319 U.S. 98
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: Robert Jackson

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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