Topic: taxes are what we pay for civilized society. · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 36 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue Anchor
scotus · 1927
green “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” 20
2 Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue
scotus · 1927
green “taxes are what we pay for civilized society” 9
3 Crowder v. Commissioner
tax · 1978
green “but if tax protesters continue to bring such frivolous cases, serious consideration should be given to imposing such damages” 4
4 Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue
scotus · 1927
green “taxes are what we pay for civilized society,” 3

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

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