1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-3
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wodehouse
337 U.S. 369 · 69 S. Ct. 1120 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2992
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 84
- U.S. Reports
- 337 U.S. 369
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 1120
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2992
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Frank Murphy | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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