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1947 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Co.

333 U.S. 496 · 68 S. Ct. 695 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2836

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
384
U.S. Reports
333 U.S. 496
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 695
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2836

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Co.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
William O. DouglasDissent

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