Ross v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
November 1942
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Fuhlage v. Commissioner · Walton 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A head of a family is an individual who actually supports and maintains in one household one or more individuals who are closely connected with him by blood relationship, relationship by marriage, or by adoption, and whose right to exercise family control and provide for these dependent individuals is based upon some moral or legal obligation. * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The regulations recognize that there need not be continuous, actual residence together if circumstances justify the separation and there is a necessity for continuously maintaining the dependent elsewhere.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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