1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
Estate of Spiegel et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
335 U.S. 701 · 69 S. Ct. 301 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3048
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 3
- U.S. Reports
- 335 U.S. 701
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 301
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3048
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
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