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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3

Automobile Club of Michigan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

353 U.S. 180 · 77 S. Ct. 707 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1724

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
89
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 180
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 707
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1724

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Automobile Club of Michigan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Charles E. WhittakerUnknown

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