Omega Chem. Co. v. Comm'r

Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co.
285 U.S. 1 (1932) Cited 126 times
In Burnet, the Supreme Court held that the State of New South Wales was a "foreign country" within the meaning of § 238(a) of the 1921 Revenue Act, which granted a credit for taxes paid by a domestic corporation to "any foreign country."
United States v. Jackson
280 U.S. 183 (1930) Cited 113 times
Describing trust patent
United States v. Hill
120 U.S. 169 (1887) Cited 46 times
In United States v. Hill, 120 U.S. 169, it was held that a proceeding for naturalization is not a "cause" in the strict sense of the term but a special and peculiar case of which the courts have jurisdiction, where only the party asking for the right or privilege is before the court.
Swift Co. v. United States
105 U.S. 691 (1881) Cited 24 times
OCTOBER TERM, 1881. 1. Under the act of July 14, 1870, c. 255, the proprietor of friction-matches, who furnished his own dies, was entitled to a commission of ten per cent, payable in money upon the amount of adhesive stamps over $500 which he at any one time purchased for his own use from the Bureau of Internal Revenue. 2. The provisions of the statute being clear to that effect, he is entitled to recover pursuant thereto, although a different contemporaneous construction of them was given by the