MCFEELY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1935) - Ballotpedia

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MCFEELY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1935
Decided: November 11, 1935
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

MCFEELY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1935. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 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, Third Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes 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: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 296 U.S. 102
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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

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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