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UNITED STATES v. KAISER (1960)

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UNITED STATES v. KAISER
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1960
Decided: June 13, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
William Brennan
Majority
Hugo Black • Earl Warren
Concurring
Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

UNITED STATES v. KAISER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: 363 U.S. 299
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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