UNITED STATES v. SILK, DOING BUSINESS AS ALBERT SILK COAL CO. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. SILK, DOING BUSINESS AS ALBERT SILK COAL CO.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1947
Decided: June 16, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy

UNITED STATES v. SILK, DOING BUSINESS AS ALBERT SILK COAL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1947. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1947.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas Kansas 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: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 331 U.S. 704
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: Stanley Reed

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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