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John A. Wathen Distillery Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1945 — 325 U.S. 883 · caselaw · US
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John A. Wathen Distillery Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
325 U.S. 883·Supreme Court of the United States·1945
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Opinion
No. 1312.
John A. Wathen Distillery Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
June 18, 1945.
Messrs. Robert N. Miller, Homer Hendricks and John E. Tarrant for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Messrs. Sewall Key, Chester T. Lane, Robert N. Anderson and Mrs. Muriel S. Paul for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.