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1954 term · Warren Court · 5-3

Lewyt Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

349 U.S. 237 · 75 S. Ct. 736 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1390

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
417
U.S. Reports
349 U.S. 237
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 736
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1390

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Lewyt Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
John M. Harlan IIUnknown

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