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· 3/3/1981

Commissioner v. Portland Cement Co. of Utah

Citations

  • 450 U.S. 156
  • 101 S. Ct. 1037
  • 67 L. Ed. 2d 140
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 16
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4189
  • 47 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 855

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that courts “must defer to Treasury Regulations that ‘implement the congressional mandate in some reasonable manner’ ”
  • noting the Court’s “customary deference” to treasury regulations administering the tax code
  • noting the Court’s “customary deference” to treasury regulations administering the tax code
  • courts must defer to Treasury regulations that “implement the congressional mandate in some reasonable manner”
  • “gross income from mining means income received, whether actually or constructively, without regard to value”
  • “These regulations command our respect, for Congress has delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, not to this Court, the task ‘of administering the tax laws of the Nation.’ ”

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Judges: Powell

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