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1956 term · Warren Court · 9-0

National Lead Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

352 U.S. 313 · 77 S. Ct. 347 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1726

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
124
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 313
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 347
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1726

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in National Lead Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence

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