Legal Opinion

Sohio Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 28, 1947No. 9472PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This is a federal income and excess profits tax case, before us upon a petition for review of a decision of The Tax Court of the *591United States. Petitioner1 is a corporation engaged in buying, selling and otherwise dealing in crude oil in the State of Illinois, among other places. It was not a producer of oil, in the transactions here involved. In 1941 the General Assembly of Illinois enacted a statute2 imposing a tax upon producers of oil in the State at 3 per cent of the fair cash value of the oil at the well when and where produced. The act required every person…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. North American Oil Consolidated v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Dobson v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Security Flour Mills Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Dixie Pine Products Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Commissioner v. WilcoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hope v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1971
  2. Karl and Hilda Hope, in Nos. 71-1993, 71-1994 v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in No. 71-1995Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
  3. Illinois Power Company v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Frelbro Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  5. Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. MagruderDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948

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