LASH'S PRODUCTS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1929) - Ballotpedia

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LASH'S PRODUCTS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1928
Decided: January 2, 1929
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

LASH'S PRODUCTS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1929. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 278 U.S. 175
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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