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UNITED STATES v. KALES (1941)

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UNITED STATES v. KALES
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1941
Decided: December 8, 1941
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. KALES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1941. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1941.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 314 U.S. 186
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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