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1949 term · Vinson Court · 7-0

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Connelly et ux.

338 U.S. 258 · 70 S. Ct. 19 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3037

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
57
U.S. Reports
338 U.S. 258
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 19
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 3037

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Connelly et ux.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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