INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner

INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner
Argued November 12, 1991
Decided February 26, 1992
Full case nameINDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Citations503 U.S. 79 (more)
112 S. Ct. 1039; 117 L. Ed. 2d 226; 1992 U.S. LEXIS 1374
Case history
PriorNat'l Starch & Chem. Corp. v. Comm'r, 93 T.C. 67 (1989), affirmed, 918 F.2d 426 (3d Cir. 1990), cert. granted, 500 U.S. 914 (1991).
Holding
Expenditures incurred by a target corporation in the course of a friendly takeover are nondeductible capital expenditures.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinion
MajorityBlackmun, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Internal Revenue Code § 162(a)

INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner, 503 U.S. 79 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that expenditures incurred by a target corporation in the course of a friendly takeover are nondeductible capital expenditures.