Merion Cricket Club v. United States

The question in this case — whether amounts paid by-members of the Merion Cricket Club during the period from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1935, for golf privileges, constituted payments as “dues or membership fees” subject to the tax imposed by § 501 of the Revenue Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 9, 92, as amended by § 413 of the Revenue Act of 1928, 45 Stat. 791, 864 — does not differ in substance from that decided this day in White v. Winchester Country Club, ante, p. 32.

With certain exceptions, a member of the Merion Cricket Club could obtain annual golf privileges only by payment of a fee, which…