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HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. ALABAMA ASPHALTIC LIMESTONE CO. (1942)

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HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. ALABAMA ASPHALTIC LIMESTONE CO.
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1942
Decided: February 2, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone

HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. ALABAMA ASPHALTIC LIMESTONE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1942. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1942.

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, Fifth 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: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 315 U.S. 179
  • 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: William Douglas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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