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1950 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Harris v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

340 U.S. 106 · 71 S. Ct. 181 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2592

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
14
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 106
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 181
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2592

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Harris v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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