Coffin v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
January 1934
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. · Metcalf & Eddy v. Mitchell · South Carolina v. United States · City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co. · Lowell v. City of Boston
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to tax the company or its stockholders in the same manner and to the same extent as if the company had continued to manage and operate its own property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“as compensation for personal services as an officer or employee of any State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“agents of the company and not of the Commonwealth”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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