1955 term · Warren Court · 8-1
Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. United States
350 U.S. 488 · 76 S. Ct. 536 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1798
The record
- Term
- 1955
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 56
- U.S. Reports
- 350 U.S. 488
- S. Ct. citation
- 76 S. Ct. 536
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1798
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
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