1947 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sunnen
333 U.S. 591 · 68 S. Ct. 715 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2852
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 227
- U.S. Reports
- 333 U.S. 591
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 715
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2852
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
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