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The Court first rejected the premise that a "gift" for taxation purposes was the same as "gift" in common law terms. Duberstein at 285. The Court also rejected the premise that there is a bright line as to what constitutes a gift for taxation purposes. Id at 287. Instead, when determining whether something is a gift for taxation purposes, the ...
Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipient of certain government welfare benefits can be deprived of such benefits.
Marshall v. Marshall, 547 U.S. 293 (2006), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a federal district court had equal or concurrent jurisdiction with state probate courts over tort claims under state common law.
The code was issued during a time when the court faced great criticism, especially around the conduct of justice Clarence Thomas.It was shown that he received undisclosed gifts of luxury travel [2] and that he was involved with cases that were related to the political activities of his wife, Ginni Thomas, who worked to overturn the 2020 election results in the weeks leading up to the January 6 ...
A former family law commissioner refused gifts from litigants while U.S. Supreme Court justices have accepted thousands of dollars in gifts. Where’s the ethics?: From our readers
A term of the Supreme Court commences on the first Monday of each October, and continues until June or early July of the following year. Each term consists of alternating periods of around two weeks known as "sittings" and "recesses"; justices hear cases and deliver rulings during sittings, and discuss cases and write opinions during recesses ...
The ruling was a victory for conservative groups, which argued that a disclosure law in California violated their First Amendment rights and exposed top donors to potential intimidation or attack.
Joining a slate of bills that would bring fundamental changes to the nation's high court, a new bill cosponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) would ban Supreme Court Justices from receiving lavish gifts.