ACC 3043: Federal Income Taxation

Course research guide for ACC 3043: Federal Income Taxation with Pamela Smith

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RIA Terminology Used in the Citator

RIA Terminology Used in the Citator:

Cited favorably – “The later case or ruling is citing to an earlier case or ruling in a favorable way, or is relying on the earlier case or ruling to support a relatively minor issue in the later case or ruling.”

Distinguished – “The later case or ruling indicates why an earlier case or ruling is different from it, either on factual or legal grounds.”

Reconciled – “The later case or ruling, looking at an earlier case or ruling that a party to a later case is trying to use to support his or her position, explains why it does or does not support a particular position in the later case or ruling, Or the later case or ruling is explaining (or reconciling) what might appear to be a conflict between an earlier case or ruling and the one before it currently.”

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