1955 term · Warren Court · 7-1
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Southwest Exploration Co.
350 U.S. 308 · 76 S. Ct. 395 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1649
The record
- Term
- 1955
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 286
- U.S. Reports
- 350 U.S. 308
- S. Ct. citation
- 76 S. Ct. 395
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1649
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Unknown |
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