Commissioner v. Wilcox | |
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Argued January 8, 1946 Decided February 25, 1946 | |
Full case name | Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wilcox, et al. |
Citations | 327 U.S. 404 (more) 66 S. Ct. 546; 90 L. Ed. 752; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3084; 46-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶ 9188; 34 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 811; 1946-1 C.B. 6; 166 A.L.R. 884; 1946 P.H. P72,014 |
Case history | |
Prior | Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Murphy, joined by Stone, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Rutledge |
Dissent | Burton |
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
§ 22 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code | |
Overruled by | |
James v. United States, 366 U.S. 213 (1961) |
Commissioner v. Wilcox, 327 U.S. 404 (1946), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.[1]
The issue presented in this case was whether embezzled money constituted taxable income to the embezzler under § 22(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.
Although the Court ruled that the embezzlement income was not taxable to the embezzler in Wilcox, the Court later overruled the decision in James v. United States.
See also
- Taxation of illegal income in the United States
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 327
References
Further reading
- Gilbert, J. H. Jr. (1962). "Problems Resulting from Taxation of Embezzled Funds". Florida Law Review. 15: 98. ISSN 1045-4241.
- Grow, J. (1961). "An Historical Approach to the Concept of Income Taxation of Embezzled Funds". Alabama Law Review. 14: 91. ISSN 0002-4279.
- Landisman, Joseph (1946). "Embezzled Funds as Income". California Law Review. 34 (2). California Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 2: 449–452. doi:10.2307/3477187. JSTOR 3477187.
- Solomon, Milton D. (1946). "Embezzled Funds as Income". Michigan Law Review. 44 (5). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 5: 885–888. doi:10.2307/1283700. JSTOR 1283700.
External links
- Works related to Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wilcox at Wikisource
- Text of Commissioner v. Wilcox, 327 U.S. 404 (1946) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress