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1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Commissioner of Internal Revenue et al. v. P. G. Lake, Inc., et al.

356 U.S. 260 · 78 S. Ct. 691 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1776

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
108
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 260
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 691
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1776

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue et al. v. P. G. Lake, Inc., et al.
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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