Legal Opinion
United States v. Burke
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1992No. 91-42PublishedCited by 587 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
In this case we decide whether a payment received in settlement of a backpay claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq., is excludable from the recipient’s gross income under § 104(a)(2) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U. S. C. § 104(a)(2), as “damages received ... on account of personal injuries.”
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The relevant facts are not in dispute. In 1984, Judy A. Hutcheson, an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), filed a Title VII action in the United States District *231Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee…
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