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.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
tax law case ⓘ
appealFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
appliesTo punitive damages ⓘ
treble damages ⓘ
windfall recoveries ⓘ
category 1955 in United States case law ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases in tax law ⓘ
citationParallel 75 S. Ct. 473 ⓘ
99 L. Ed. 483 ⓘ
clarifiedThat Congress intended to exert the full measure of its taxing power in defining gross income. ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
No. 73 ⓘ
holding Punitive damages are taxable as gross income. ⓘ
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 Marshall Harlan II ⓘ
linked to: John M. Harlan II
legalArea United States tax law ⓘ
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 ⓘ
complete dominion over income ⓘ
realization of income ⓘ
respondent Glenshaw Glass Company ⓘ
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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