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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Haynes et ux. v. United States

353 U.S. 81 · 77 S. Ct. 649 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1569

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
257
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 81
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 649
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1569

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Haynes et ux. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Charles E. WhittakerUnknown

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