In re Weeks
District Court, D. Vermont
This was a proceeding in habeas corpus in behalf of Arthur L. Weeks, who was imprisoned under a commitment for contempt by a state court of Vermont for refusal to produce evidence in relation to the payment of United States liquor taxes.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
The laws of the United States provide that the secretary of the treasury shall prescribe “rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, to be used under and in the execution and enforcement of the various provisions of the internal revenue laws,” and “give such directions to collectors, and prescribe such rules and forms to be observed by them, as may be necessary for the proper execution of the law” (Rev. St. § 231); that “the commissioner of internal revenue, under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, shall have general superintendence of the assessment…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re NeagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- In re HuttmanDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1895
- In re HirschU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1896
- Gardner v. AndersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland · 1876
3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. ParhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Stegall v. ThurmanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1910
- Bank Line v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
- Footville Condensed Milk Co. v. WarnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1917
- Oklahoma Tax Commission v. ClendinningSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
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