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1946 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

McWILLIAMS v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

331 U.S. 694 · 67 S. Ct. 1477 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2989

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
945
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 694
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1477
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2989

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in McWILLIAMS v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonUnknown

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