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I figured it out. Thanks all to those who helped. It turns out that I was treating it as a single-switch outlet when it was actually a double-switch outlet. Stupid mistake. :eek: Thanks though.

I broke the break-away tab only on the hot (black) side. The neutral (white) tab is still intact. As for jwelectric's question, that outlet was the original outlet and I cannot answer as to why there are white wires on both sides.

I've been replacing the electrical outlets in my house and haven't really had many problems up until this point. For whatever reason, I cannot for the life of me figure out this one outlet. The top of the outlet is controlled by a switch and the bottom of the outlet is always on. Here's a...