O'MALLEY, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. WOODROUGH ET UX. (1939) - Ballotpedia

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O'MALLEY, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. WOODROUGH ET UX.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1939
Decided: May 22, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler

O'MALLEY, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. WOODROUGH ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1939. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1939.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 307 U.S. 277
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Felix Frankfurter

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

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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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