Hesslein v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
December 1932
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Estate of Metcalf v. Commissioner
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a merger or consolidation (including the acquisition by one corporation of at least a majority of the voting stock and at least a majority of the total munber of shares of all other classes of stock of another corporation, or substantially all the properties of another corporation).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ball v. Commissioner
How this case has been treated — in progress
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