UNITED STATES v. BENEDICT ET AL., TRUSTEES, ET AL. (1950) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. BENEDICT ET AL., TRUSTEES, ET AL.

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1949
Decided: February 13, 1950
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

UNITED STATES v. BENEDICT ET AL., TRUSTEES, ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1950. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1949.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 692
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton

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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