Legal Opinion

Fulman v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 22, 1978No. 76-1137PublishedCited by 156 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan

The question presented in this case is the validity of the provision of Treas. Reg. § 1.562-1 (a), 26 CFR § 1.562-1 (a) (1977), that a personal holding company’s distribution of appreciated property to its shareholders results, under §§561 and 562 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U. S. C. §§ 561 and 562, in a dividends-paid deduction limited to an amount that is “the adjusted basis of the property in the hands of the distributing corporation at the time of the distribution.”1 The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit sustained the validity of the provision in this case, 545 F. 2d 268…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. United States v. CorrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Bingler v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Commissioner v. AckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by156 opinions

  1. National Muffler Dealers Assn., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Rowan Cos. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Commissioner v. EngleSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Commissioner v. Portland Cement Co. of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Consumer Products Division, Scm Corporation, the United States, Party-In-Interest v. Silver Reed America, Inc. And Silver Seiko, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985

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