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Commissioner Vs. Stern

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 09, 1958

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  1. United States Vs. Bess US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1958
  2. Burnet Vs. Harmel US Supreme Court · Nov 07, 1932
  3. United States Vs. Pelzer US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1941
  4. U.S. 39 (1958) U.S. Supreme Court Commissioner v. Stern
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  5. U.S. 39 (1958) Commissioner v. Stern
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  6. Tyson v. Commissioner
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  7. is to be determined by state or federal law. Compare, e.g., Rowen v. Commissioner
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  8. F.2d 641, and Botz v. Helvering
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  9. F.2d 538, with United States v. Bess
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  10. F.2d 675, and Stoumen v. Commissioner
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  11. T.C. 1014. This Court has expressly left the question open. Phillips v. Commissioner
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  12. a substantive liability, but provides merely a new procedure by which the Government may collect taxes. Phillips v. Commissioner
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  13. Hatch v. Morosco
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  14. Liquidators of Exchange National Bank v. United
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  15. Harwood v. Eaton
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  16. Weil v. Page
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  17. Tooley v. Commissioner
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  18. the protection of private creditors, as in cases where the debtor had transferred his property to another. Phillips v. Commissioner
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  19. Pierce v. United
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  20. Hospes v. Northwestern
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  21. applicability of Kentucky law in favor of having the federal courts fashion governing rules. Cf. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  22. seeks to collect unpaid taxes from persons other than the defaulting taxpayer, have applied state statutes, Hutton v. Commissioner
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  23. Weil v. Commissioner
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  24. United States v. Goldblatt
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  25. Botz v. Helvering
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  26. creditors, in cases where the debtor had transferred his property to another and been left insolvent. Cf. Pierce v. United
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  27. courts must now apply state decisional law in defining state-created rights, obligations, and liabilities. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  28. that state law may not destroy a tax lien which has attached in the insured's lifetime. We held today in United States v. Bess
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  29. The Court of Appeals in this case followed its own prior decision in Tyson v. Commissioner
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  30. is a transferee only to the extent of the cash surrender value existing at the time of the insured's death. Rowen v. Commissioner
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  31. The Tax Court, on the other hand, has held that the beneficiary is the transferee of the entire proceeds. Stoumen v. Commissioner
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  32. Rowen v. Commissioner
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  33. body of controlling rules which fairly implement the collection of government revenues. Cf. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  34. United States v. Standard
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  35. Priebe & Sons, Inc., v. United
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  36. Textile Workers v. Lincoln
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  37. liability Page 357 U. S. 50 despite the opposition of several Courts of Appeals. See, e.g., Muller v. Commissioner
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  38. Leary v. Commissioner
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  39. Bales v. Commissioner
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  40. Stoumen v. Commissioner
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  41. by those courts which have heretofore determined transferee liability on the basis of federal law. See, e.g., Pearlman v. Commissioner
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  42. Updike v. United
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  43. the federal courts which may be traced back, in part at least, as far as the noted decision by Justice Story in Wood v. Drummer
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  44. not impose an unfair burden on transferees. Turning to the present case, I agree with the Court in United States v. Bess
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  45. interests are thus established, their consequence for purposes of federal taxation is a matter of federal law. Watson v. Commissioner
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  46. Morgan v. Commissioner
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Commissioner v. Stern
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  48. and Botz v. Helvering
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  49. and Stoumen v. Commissioner
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  50. Phillips v. Commissioner
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