General American Investors Co., Inc. v. Commissioner, 348 U.S. 434 (1955)

General American Investors Co., Inc. v. Commissioner


No. 114


Argued February 28, 1955
Decided March 28, 1955
348 U.S. 434

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Syllabus

Payments received by a corporation pursuant to the "insider profits" provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 are taxable as "gross income" to the corporation under § 22(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co., ante, p. 426. Pp. 434-436.

211 F.2d 522, affirmed.