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CARY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1941
Decided: May 26, 1941
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts

CARY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1941. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1941.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 313 U.S. 441
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: William Douglas

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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