Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1996

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Otis C. Hubert, Deceased, C & S Soveran Trust Company (georgia) N. a., Co-Executor

Decided March 18, 1997. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-1402 · 520 U.S. 93 (1997)

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Plurality · 1

Concurring · 3

Dissenting · 2

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