Boulware v. United States

Boulware v. United States
Decided March 3, 2008
Full case nameBoulware v. United States
Citations552 U.S. 421 (more)
Holding
A distributee accused of criminal tax evasion may claim return-of-capital treatment without producing evidence that, when the distribution occurred, either they or the corporation intended to return the capital.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinion
MajoritySouter, joined by unanimous

Boulware v. United States, 552 U.S. 421 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a distributee accused of criminal tax evasion may claim return-of-capital treatment without producing evidence that, when the distribution occurred, either they or the corporation intended to return the capital.