THE CASE OF THE “VACILLATING JURIST”: PITTSBURGH’S GEORGE SHIRAS, JR. AND THE INCOME TAX CASE OF 1895
This paper examines the mystery behind the case of <em>Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust.</em> Better known as the “Income Tax Case,” the question of the legality of the nation’s first peacetime income tax came before the Supreme Court in March 1895. Initially deadlocked four to four, t...
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| Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
| Online Access: | https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/114 |