JOHN A. NELSON CO. v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1935)

JOHN A. NELSON CO. v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: November 19, 1935
	Decided: December 16, 1935
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

JOHN A. NELSON CO. v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1935. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1935.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 296 U.S. 374
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.