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1946 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Rothensies, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. Electric Storage Battery Co.

329 U.S. 296 · 67 S. Ct. 271 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3145

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
48
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 296
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 271
LEXIS citation
1946 U.S. LEXIS 3145

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rothensies, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. Electric Storage Battery Co.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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