O'Gilvie v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1996-12-10

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Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. Internal Revenue Code § 104(a)(2), as it read in 1988, excluded from “gross income” the “amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement and whether as lump sums or as periodic payments) on account of personal injuries or sickness” 26 U. S. C. § 104 (a)(2) (e…

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