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1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Black, Assistant Regional Commissioner, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, v. Magnolia Liquor Co., Inc.

355 U.S. 24 · 78 S. Ct. 106 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 187

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
14
U.S. Reports
355 U.S. 24
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 106
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 187

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Black, Assistant Regional Commissioner, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, v. Magnolia Liquor Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority

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