Blaffer v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
April 1943
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Lang v. Commissioner · Martin v. McAllister · Kelly v. Kelly · Sizeler v. Sizeler · 35 Tex. Civ. App. 373 - Hatch v. Hatch
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“* * * Nor is it of consequence that the community property laws of the State of Washington lay down a different rule from those of the courts of the State of Texas, cf. Lang v. Commissioner, 304 U. S. 264 , or that the laws of the State of California appear to be like those of Washington. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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