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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Meyer et al. v. United States

364 U.S. 410 · 81 S. Ct. 210 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1978

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
13
U.S. Reports
364 U.S. 410
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 210
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1978

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Meyer et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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