1958 term · Warren Court · 7-1
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Hansen et ux.
360 U.S. 446 · 79 S. Ct. 1270 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1904
The record
- Term
- 1958
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 380
- U.S. Reports
- 360 U.S. 446
- S. Ct. citation
- 79 S. Ct. 1270
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1904
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Unknown |
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