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Scottish American Investment Co., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and Second British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1944 — 323 U.S. 693 · caselaw · US
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Scottish American Investment Co., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and Second British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
323 U.S. 693·Supreme Court of the United States·1944
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Scottish American Investment Co., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and Second British Assets Trust, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
October 9, 1944.
Mr. Marion N. Fisher for petitioners.
Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant
Attorney General Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Messrs. Sewall Key, J. Louis Monarch, and Miss Helen Goodner for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted.