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1948 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jacobson

336 U.S. 28 · 69 S. Ct. 358 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3047

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 28
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 358
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 3047

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jacobson.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Wiley RutledgeRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Stanley ReedDissent

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