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Supreme Court· 4/2/1945

Commissioner v. Wheeler

Citations

  • 324 U.S. 542
  • 65 S. Ct. 799
  • 89 L. Ed. 1166
  • 1945 U.S. LEXIS 2752

How courts have described this case

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  • tax statute with two years' retroactive application struck down
  • tax statute with two years’ retroactive application struck down
  • ‘‘if the regulation itself was valid and effective, the [later] clarifying amendment . . . added nothing to the liability of these taxpayers, and even though the Tax Court relied on it rather than on the regulation, no question of retroactivity is presented’’

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Judges: Jackson, Roberts

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