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1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

Lilly et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

343 U.S. 90 · 72 S. Ct. 497 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2777

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
158
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 90
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 497
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2777

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

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

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