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1955 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lobue

351 U.S. 243 · 76 S. Ct. 800 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1793

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
373
U.S. Reports
351 U.S. 243
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 800
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1793

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lobue.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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