1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Sims v. United States
359 U.S. 108 · 79 S. Ct. 641 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1919
The record
- Term
- 1958
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 88
- U.S. Reports
- 359 U.S. 108
- S. Ct. citation
- 79 S. Ct. 641
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1919
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
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