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Supreme Court· 3/1/1926

Schlesinger v. Wisconsin

Citations

  • 270 U.S. 230
  • 46 S. Ct. 260
  • 70 L. Ed. 557
  • 1926 U.S. LEXIS 409
  • 43 A.L.R. 1224
  • 7 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 8833

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  • gift made within certain time of death held to be taxable inheritance
  • irrebuttable presumption that gift of a material portion of a decedent's estate within six years of his death was made in contemplation of death and is therefore subject to inheritance tax violates due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Judges: McReynolds, Holmes, Sanford, Brandéis, Stone

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