Smith v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 3611 · 22 U.S.C. § 3646 · 22 U.S.C. § 3657 · 5 U.S.C. § 5921
Relies on Cox v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. · Kolovrat v. Oregon · Roberts v. Commissioner · Benz v. Commissioner · Boyer v. Commissioner
Most-quoted passages
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“all the rights, power and authority within the [Canal] zone * * * which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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