Cammarano v. United States

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Cammarano v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 19, 1958 Decided February 24, 1959
Full case name: Cammarano v. United States Citations: 358 U.S. 498
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Earl Warren Associate Justices: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Charles Evans Whittaker, Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority by: Harlan

Cammarano v. United States, 358 U.S. 498 (1959),^[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that business may not deduct expenses they incurred for the "promotion or defeat of legislation" as "ordinary and necessary" business expenses on their federal income tax filing.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Facts of the case 3 Prior history 4 Decision of the Court 4.1 Concurring opinions 4.2 Dissenting opinions 5 Effects of the decision 6 Critical response 7 Subsequent history 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Introduction

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[edit] Facts of the case

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[edit] Prior history

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[edit] Decision of the Court

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[edit] Concurring opinions

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[edit] Effects of the decision

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[edit] Critical response

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[edit] Subsequent history

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[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 358

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