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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Arrowsmith et al., Executors, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

344 U.S. 6 · 73 S. Ct. 71 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2768

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
51
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 6
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 71
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2768

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Arrowsmith et al., Executors, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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