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UNITED STATES v. CALAMARO

No. 304.

354 U.S. 351 (1957)

77 S.Ct. 1138

1 L.Ed.2d 1394

UNITED STATES v. CALAMARO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Sand argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Julia P. Cooper.

Raymond J. Bradley argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Edwin P. Rome.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether the respondent, a so-called "pick-up man" in a type of lottery called the "numbers game," is subject to the annual $50 special occupational tax enacted by Subchapter B of Chapter 27A (Wagering Taxes) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 65 Stat. 530, 26 U. S. C. § 3285 et seq.

As will be seen from the statute, whose...

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