Crane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

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Crane v. Commissioner, 331 U.S. 1 (1947), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court concerning the value, for tax purposes, of inherited property with a nonrecourse mortgage encumbering it. According to Boris I. Bittker, Crane “laid the foundation stone of most tax shelters.”

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United States Supreme Court

331 U.S. 1

Crane  v.  Commissioner of Internal Revenue

 Argued: Dec. 11, 1946. --- Decided: April 14, 1947

Mr. Edward S. Bentley of New York City, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Louis Monarch, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Mr. Chief Justice VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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