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1959 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Cory Corporation et al. v. Sauber

363 U.S. 709 · 80 S. Ct. 1331 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1992

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
436
U.S. Reports
363 U.S. 709
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 1331
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1992

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cory Corporation et al. v. Sauber.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Earl WarrenDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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