Commissioner v. Lester

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1961-05-22

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Mr. Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court. The sole question presented by this suit, in which the Government seeks to recover personal income tax deficiencies, involves the validity of respondent’s deductions *300 from his gross income for the taxable years 1951 and 1952 of the whole of his periodic payments during those years to his divorced…

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