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Brown Vs. Legal Foundation of Wash.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 102(c)(4). "the foundation must use all funds received from lawyers' trust accounts for tax-exempt law-related charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, as directed by this court. see articles of incorporation and bylaws of the legal foundation of washington, 100 ..... supreme court amended its iolta rules to make them applicable to limited practice officers (lpos) as well as lawyers. lpos are nonlawyers who are licensed to act as escrowees in the closing of real estate transactions. like lawyers, lpos often temporarily control the funds of clients. ii this action was commenced by a ..... interest for the client would violate the rule. that court subsequently made its iolta rules applicable to limited practice officers (lpos), nonlawyers who are licensed to act as escrowees in real estate closings. petitioners, who have funds that are deposited by lpos in iolta accounts, and others sought to enjoin respondent state official .....

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Cus. and C. Ex., Ind ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2003(88)ECC10; 2003(154)ELT10(SC); (2003)9SCC185

ORDER1. These appeals are against the judgment of the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal dated 23rd February, 1999. 2. Briefly stated the facts are :- The appellants are manufacturers of heavy electrical equipment and machinery which they make as per the specific requirements of customers. The Terms and Conditions of sale to the customer contains a warranty clause which provides for free replacement of defective parts within a period of 12 months to 18 months. At the time of sale the appellants charge 2.5%, of the factory cost, as a 'complaint reserve'. This element is added to the price. It is not disputed that the excise duty is paid on the total amount charged to the customer including this element of 2.5% complaint reserve. At a subsequent stage, on some occasions, parts have to be replaced by the appellants during the warranty period. The question for consideration is whether excise duty is payable on the parts which are replaced during the warranty period. Both...

Federal Election Comm'n Vs. Beaumont

Court : US Supreme Court

..... welfare, ... the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes." an organization "may carryon lawful political activities and remain exempt under section 501(c)(4) as long as it is primarily engaged in activities that promote social welfare." rev. rul. 81-95, 1981-1 cum. bull. 332. unlike ..... 3; feca amendments of 1974, 88 stat. 1263; feca amendments of 1976, 90 stat. 475; feca amendments of 1979, 93 stat. 1339; bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002, 116 stat. 81. 154 "state law grants corporations special advantages-such as limited liability, perpetual life, and favorable treatment of the accumulation and distribution of ..... contribution to match the criminality of making one. ch. 368, 302, 313, 43 stat. 1070,1074. so, in another instance, the 1947 labor management relations act drew labor unions permanently within the law's reach and invigorated the earlier prohibition to include "expenditure[s]" as well. ch. 120, 304, 61 stat. 159 .....

Ved Prakash and ors. Vs. Ministry of Industry, Lucknow and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC3479; 2003(2)AWC1462(SC); JT2003(3)SC284; 2003(3)SCALE342; (2003)9SCC542; [2003]2SCR1000

..... time, then the appropriate authority of the state government shall consider their representations regarding the feasibility of releasing of such lands from acquisition under section 48(1) of the act on the ground that there were 'abadis' or these lands at the relevant time and are governed by any existing state policy for releasing ..... appellants' representations. it is made clear that the state government shall consider the representations as to feasibility of releasing such lands from acquisition under section 48(1) of the act on the ground that there were abadis on these lands at the relevant time and are governed by any existing state policy for releasing ..... .3.1998, then the appropriate authorities of the state government shall consider their representations regarding the feasibility of releasing such lands from acquisition under section 48(1) of the act on the ground that there were 'abides' on these lands at the relevant time and are governed by any existing state policy for releasing .....

Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise Vs. M.P. Steel Corporation

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2003(88)ECC11; 2003(154)ELT12(SC)

..... the order by which respondent is aggrieved is the order passed by the superintendent. an appeal against that order has to be filed before the commissioner (appeals) under section 128. by virtue of section 129a, cegat has no jurisdiction to entertain such an appeal.5. it is clear that the impugned order is passed without any jurisdiction. therefore, it cannot be sustained .....

State of West Bengal and anr. Vs. E.i.T.A. India Ltd. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC4126; JT2003(3)SC365; 2003(3)SCALE361; (2003)5SCC239; [2003]2SCR668; [2003]131STC111(SC)

..... neither an arbitrary condition nor an unreasonable restriction. in our view, this judgment does not help the respondents for reasons more than one. firstly, section 8-a of that act, as it stood at that time was upheld by the constitution bench as valid and secondly, in the instant case, the impugned provisions embody ..... ancillary power to enact provisions to prevent evasion of tax. the learned counsel has argued that the tribunal is clearly wrong in declaring explanation below section 11(1) of the act as arbitrary, unreasonable so unconstitutional.4. in examining the constitutional validity of the impugned provision of a statute, it will be useful to bear ..... was then in force. 2. the respondents challenged the constitutional validity of the following provisions of the act: (i) section 2(6); (ii) explanation to sub-section (1), sub-section (5), (7), (8), (10), (11) and (12) of section 11; (iii) sub-section (4) of section 14; and (iv) rules 172, 173, 174, 188 and 189 of the west bengal sales .....

Ewing Vs. California

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 19.2-298.01 (2000), with a maximum of 6 years, 3 months, to 15 years, 7 months, see virginia criminal sentencing commission, virginia sentencing guidelines manual, larceny-section c recommenda- 59 tion table (6th ed. 2002) (with petitioner likely falling within the discretionary guideline range of 2 years, 1 month, to 5 years, 3 months, ..... in any given situation must be examined to make certain that [this] general rule is appropriate." ibid. in this case, ewing's prior felony convictions stemmed from acts committed at the same apartment complex, and three of the four felonies were committed within a day of each other; the fourth offense was committed five weeks earlier. ..... the offense of conviction, or the "triggering" offense: "[i]t is in addition the interest ... in dealing in a harsher manner with those who by repeated criminal acts have shown that they are simply incapable of conforming to the norms of society as established by its criminal law." rummel, 445 u. s., at 276; solem, supra .....

Boeing Co. Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the export promotion expenses of such disc attributable to such receipts, or "(3) taxable income based upon the sale price actually charged (but subject to the rules provided in section 482). "(b) rules for commissions, rentals, and marginal costing "the secretary shall prescribe regulations setting forth "(2) rules for the allocation of expenditures in computing combined ..... on the application of the cost allocation rules of 26 cfr 1.861-8(e)(3) (1979) solely for the geographic sourcing of income. see economic recovery tax act of 1981, pub. l. 97-34, 223, 95 stat. 249. as a result, research expenditures made for research conducted in the united states were allocated against ..... distributed. see 26 u. s. c. 991-997. typically, "a disc is a wholly owned subsidiary of a u. s. corporation." 1 senate finance committee, deficit reduction act of 1984, 98th cong., p. 630, n. 1 (comm. print 1984) (hereinafter committee print). the statute thus provides an incentive to maximize the disc's share-and to .....

Moseley Vs. Vs. Secret Catalogue, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and that seeks to prevent dilution of the distinctiveness of a mark, label, or form of advertisement. '''(4) the following shall not be actionable under this section: "'(a) fair use of a famous mark by another person in comparative commercial advertising or promotion to identify the competing goods or services of the owner ..... the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods or services." 1 the question we granted ithe ftda provides: "sec. 3. remedies for dilution of famous marks. "(a) remedies.-section 43 of the trademark act of 1946 (15 u. s. c. 1125) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "'(c)( ..... of news reporting and news commentary.' "(b) conforming amendment.-the heading for title viii of the trademark act of 1946 is amended by striking 'and false descriptions' and inserting " false descriptions, and dilution.' "sec. 4. definition. "section 45 of the trademark act of 1946 (15 u. s. c. 1127) is amended by inserting after the paragraph defining when .....

Scheidler Vs. National Organization for Women, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of "racketeering," which included organized conspiracies to "commit the crimes of extortion or coercion, or attempts to commit extortion or coercion, within the definition of 407 act contained both a section explicitly prohibiting coercion and a section prohibiting the offense of extortion as defined by the field code and new york penal code. see ch. 569, 2(a) and 2(b). several years ..... than extortion when congress turned to new york law in drafting the hobbs act. congress' decision to include extortion as a violation of the hobbs act and omit coercion is significant here, as is the fact that the antiracketeering act, the predecessor to the hobbs act, contained sections explicitly prohibiting both. the hobbs act omission is particularly significant because a paramount congressional concern in drafting that .....