Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.
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Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. is a landmark 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly defined "gross income" under the Internal Revenue Code to include punitive damages and other undeniable accessions to wealth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2748432 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. Context triple: [Helvering v. Bruun, relatedCase, Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.]
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NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.
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B.
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
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E.
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state interference with private contracts by striking down a Minnesota pension law as violating the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. Target entity description: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. is a landmark 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly defined "gross income" under the Internal Revenue Code to include punitive damages and other undeniable accessions to wealth.
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A.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.
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B.
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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C.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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D.
Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
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E.
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state interference with private contracts by striking down a Minnesota pension law as violating the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark case ⓘ tax law case ⓘ |
| appealFrom | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
punitive damages
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treble damages ⓘ windfall recoveries ⓘ |
| category |
1955 in United States case law
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United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court cases in tax law
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| citationParallel |
75 S. Ct. 473
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99 L. Ed. 483 ⓘ |
| clarifiedThat | Congress intended to exert the full measure of its taxing power in defining gross income. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decisionType | decision on appeal from the United States Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| definedTerm | gross income ⓘ |
| establishedTest | undeniable accession to wealth test for gross income ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 348 U.S. 426 ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber |
No. 72
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No. 73 ⓘ |
| holding |
Punitive damages are taxable as gross income.
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Undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, over which the taxpayer has complete dominion constitute gross income. ⓘ |
| interpretsSection | § 22(a) ⓘ |
| interpretsStatute | Internal Revenue Code of 1939 ⓘ |
| issue | Whether punitive damages received in a lawsuit are includible in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| justiceNotParticipating |
John M. Harlan II
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surface form:
John Marshall Harlan II
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| legalArea |
United States tax law
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federal income tax law ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Earl Warren ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionVote | 8–0 ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedentInPart | Commissioner v. Wilcox ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 426 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Commissioner of Internal Revenue ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
accession to wealth
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complete dominion over income ⓘ realization of income ⓘ |
| respondent |
Glenshaw Glass Company
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William Goldman Theatres, Inc. ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the Court of Appeals reversed. ⓘ |
| subsequentInfluence | Frequently cited in U.S. tax law for the definition of gross income. ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 348 ⓘ |
| wasArguedOn | 1954-11-09 ⓘ |
| wasDecidedOn | 1955-03-28 ⓘ |
| wasRearguedOn | 1955-01-11 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1955 ⓘ |
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Subject: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. Description of subject: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. is a landmark 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly defined "gross income" under the Internal Revenue Code to include punitive damages and other undeniable accessions to wealth.
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